When the Marginal Cost of a Price-Taker Firm Is More

question 89

Multiple Choice

When the marginal cost of a price-taker firm is more than the market price of its product, the firm should

• A) expand output.
• B) reduce output.
• C) maintain output.
• D) charge more than the market price.

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