If Firms Are Producing at a Profit-Maximizing Level of Output

question 115

Multiple Choice

If firms are producing at a profit-maximizing level of output where the price is less than the average total cost:

• A)economic profits may be positive.
• B)accounting profits may be positive.
• C)All of these are true.
• D)accounting profits must be positive.

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