Which of the Following Is a Primary Difference Between Price

question 236

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a primary difference between price searchers and price takers?

• A) Price searchers maximize profits, but price takers do not.
• B) Price searchers have to cut their price to sell additional output, but price takers do not.
• C) The market demand for goods produced by price searchers is downward sloping, while the market demand for goods produced by price takers is horizontal.
• D) Profit-maximizing price searchers will expand output to the quantity where marginal revenue equals marginal cost, but price takers will not.

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