The Figure Given Below Shows the Revenue and Cost Curves

question 12

Multiple Choice

The figure given below shows the revenue and cost curves of a firm. MC represents the marginal cost curve, AC the average cost curve, MR the marginal revenue curve, and AR the average revenue curve.Figure 9.4

-Which of the following characteristics distinguishes oligopoly from other market structures?

• A)Firms operating in an oligopoly are independent of each other.
• B)Firms operating in an oligopoly are interdependent.
• C)Oligopoly is the simplest of all the other market structures.
• D)An oligopolist does not face a downward-sloping demand curve.
• E)Entry into an oligopolistic market is easier than entry into a monopolistically competitive market.

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