In a Perfectly Competitive Market, the Horizontal Sum of All

question 134

Multiple Choice

In a perfectly competitive market, the horizontal sum of all the individual firms' supply curves is

• A)zero.
• B)equal to the industry profits.
• C)the market supply curve.
• D)a horizontal line.

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