When a Perfectly Competitive Firm Finds That Its Market Price

question 244

Multiple Choice

When a perfectly competitive firm finds that its market price is below its minimum average variable cost, it will sell

• A)the output where marginal revenue equals marginal cost.
• B)any positive output the entrepreneur decides upon because all of it can be sold.
• C)nothing at all; the firm shuts down.
• D)the output where average total cost equals price.

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