Assume Soybeans Are Produced in a Perfectly Competitive Industry

question 112

Multiple Choice

Assume soybeans are produced in a perfectly competitive industry.A soybean farmer is currently maximizing her profits.If the market price of soybeans falls,after the farmer adjusts to the new price,she will be producing ________ bushels of soybeans and her profit will be ________.

• A) fewer; the same
• B) fewer; lower
• C) more; the same
• D) the same number of; the same

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