Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 7.6

7.6 — practice question

A firm operating under perfect competition sees that, at its present output level, marginal revenue is $2.00 while marginal cost is $2.50. If it aims to maximise profit, what change will occur to its price and output?

  • Aprice increases, output decreases
  • Bprice increases, output unchanged
  • Cprice unchanged, output decreases
  • Dprice unchanged, output unchanged

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