If a Perfectly Competitive Firm Is Producing at an Output

question 81

Multiple Choice

If a perfectly competitive firm is producing at an output at which marginal cost exceeds marginal revenue

• A) price will be at the profit maximizing level.
• B) sales will be at the profit maximizing level.
• C) the firm should expand production.
• D) the firm should reduce production.

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Definitions:

Availability Heuristic

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the ability to produce original and valuable ideas or things, often involving thinking or acting outside traditional patterns or rules.

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