Perfectly Competitive Markets

question 27

Multiple Choice

Perfectly competitive markets:

• A)are more an idealized model economists use than a real-life occurrence.
• B)are the most common type of market in the United States.
• C)tend to have relatively few buyers.
• D)tend to have relatively few sellers.

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