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Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions :
Figure: Cost Curves for Corn Producers
-(Figure: Cost Curves for Corn Producers) Use Figure: Cost Curves for Corn Producers.The market for corn is perfectly competitive.If the price of a kilogram of corn is $10,then in the short run,the farmer will produce _____ kilograms of corn and take an economic loss equal to _____.

• A) 0;average fixed costs
• B) 0;total variable costs
• C) 3;total fixed costs
• D) 3;$22 per kilogram

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