Firms in perfect competition face a?
Correct answer: A. perfectly elastic demand curve
- A. perfectly elastic demand curve
- B. perfectly inelastic demand curve
- C. perfectly elastic supply curve
- D. perfectly inelastic supply curve
Explanation
An individual perfectly competitive firm is too small to affect the market price, so it faces a horizontal, perfectly elastic demand curve at that price. The market demand curve itself is not perfectly elastic.
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