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For a perfectly competitive firm ?

Correct answer: A. Price equals marginal revenue

  • A. Price equals marginal revenue
  • B. price is greater than marginal revenue
  • C. price equals total revenue
  • D. price equals total cost

Explanation

A perfectly competitive firm can sell any feasible quantity at the prevailing market price, so its marginal revenue from another unit equals that price. Thus price equals marginal revenue.

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