Assume a perfectly competitive firm is producing a level of output at which MR < MC. What will happen as the firm moves to its profit-maximizing equilibrium?

A) Marginal revenue will rise.
B) Marginal revenue will fall.
C) Marginal cost will rise.
D) Marginal cost will fall.


D

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