Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 7.6

7.6 — practice question

A firm in perfect competition is now producing a level of output at which marginal cost exceeds both average total cost and the market price. If the firm were to maximise profit, what would happen to price and output?

  • Adecrease output; increase price
  • Bdecrease output; unchanged price
  • Cincrease output; decrease price
  • Dincrease output; unchanged price

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