Why Is It Impossible for a Monopolistically Competitive Firm to Achieve

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Multiple Choice

Why is it impossible for a monopolistically competitive firm to achieve productive efficiency?

• A)All monopolistically competitive firms are too small.
• B)All monopolistically competitive firms make economic profits.
• C)The market demand curve is perfectly elastic.
• D)The firm's demand curve is not perfectly elastic.
• E)The firm's marginal cost curve is upward-sloping.

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