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For prices below the minimum average variable cost, a perfectly competitive firm

ID: 1108038 • Letter: F

Question

For prices below the minimum average variable cost, a perfectly competitive firm’s supply curve is
A. horizontal at the market price
B. vertical at zero output.
C. the same as its marginal cost curve.
D. the same as its average variable cost curve.
For prices below the minimum average variable cost, a perfectly competitive firm’s supply curve is
A. horizontal at the market price
B. vertical at zero output.
C. the same as its marginal cost curve.
D. the same as its average variable cost curve.
For prices below the minimum average variable cost, a perfectly competitive firm’s supply curve is
A. horizontal at the market price
B. vertical at zero output.
C. the same as its marginal cost curve.
D. the same as its average variable cost curve.

Explanation / Answer

For price below min of AVC firm will shut down and suuply curve will be zero or vertical at zero output.

Thus ans is B