Assume that a smartphone maker operates in a perfectly competitive market producing 25,000 smartphones per day. At this output level, price is less than this firm's marginal cost. It follows that producing one more smartphone will cause this firm's:
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- A perfectly competitive firm is producing 75 units of output. The market price is $7 and the firm's marginal cost is $8. The firm should:
- 中国大学MOOC: A firm operating in a perfectly competitive industry will continue to operate in the short run but earn losses if the market price is less than that firm’s average variable cost but greater than the firm’s average fixed cost.
- A perfectly competitive firm maximizes its profit by producing the output at which its marginal cost equals its ____ A: marginal revenue B: average total cost C: average variable cost. D: average fixed cost.
- A firm in a perfectly competitive market will tend to expand its output as long as: A: its marginal revenue is positive. B: the market price is greater than the marginal cost. C: its marginal revenue is greater than the market price.
- Monopolists will maximize profit by producing at an output level where which of the following conditions exists（） A: Price = marginal revenue = marginal cost. B: Price = demand = marginal revenue = marginal cost. C: Marginal revenue = marginal cost ＜ price.