The Perfectly Competitive, Profit-Maximizing Rate of Production

question 168

Multiple Choice

The perfectly competitive, profit-maximizing rate of production

• A) occurs at the point at which marginal revenue is equal to marginal cost.
• B) occurs at the point at which the difference between marginal revenue and marginal cost is maximized.
• C) is not measurable for a perfectly competitive firm.
• D) ignores the relation of total revenues and total costs.

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