If a Profit-Maximizing Firm, with an Increasing Average Cost Curve

question 28

Multiple Choice

If a profit-maximizing firm, with an increasing average cost curve, finds that it is producing a level of output at which marginal costs are $100, while marginal revenue is $5, what action should it take?

• A)Raise output.
• B)Lower prices.
• C)Declare bankruptcy.
• D)Decrease output.
• E)None of the above.

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