(Table: Decision to Enter) Use the Table

question 86

Multiple Choice

(Table: Decision to Enter) Use the table. A firm is consideringwhether to enter an industry, with the conditions upon entryset forth in the table. Entering the industry would require thefirm to pay $800 per day in fixed costs. This firm should________ the industry because its profits would be ________per day.

• A)not enter; -$1,350
• B)not enter; -$800
• C)enter; $700
• D)enter; $150

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