When a Profit-Maximizing Competitive Firm Finds Itself Minimizing Losses Because

question 473

Multiple Choice

When a profit-maximizing competitive firm finds itself minimizing losses because it is unable to earn a positive profit, this task is accomplished by producing the quantity at which price is equal to

• A)sunk cost.
• B)average fixed cost.
• C)average variable cost.
• D)marginal cost.

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