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- 2 Jun 2019
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- 28 May 2026
In a perfectly competitive market, what is the relationship between price and marginal revenue for a firm?
Multiple choice question for Costs , Supply And Perfect Competition. Select an option, then review the explanation below.
Explanation
In perfect competition, the firm is a price taker, so the price remains constant for each additional unit sold, making the price equal to the marginal revenue. Options B, C, and D incorrectly describe the relationship between price and revenue or cost.
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- 1.In the context of a perfectly competitive firm, what represents its short-run supply curve and its long-run supply curve respectively?
- 2.Under what condition will a firm cease production and produce nothing in the short term?
- 3.In the short run, the average total cost is composed of which two components?
- 4.What is the relationship between marginal cost and average cost when the average cost is decreasing and when it is increasing?
- 5.What does it indicate when the long-run average cost curve slopes downward from left to right?