A perfectly competitive firm will minimize its losses by shutting down when:

A) P < AVC at the profit-maximizing level of output.
B) P < ATC at the profit-maximizing level of output.
C) P < MC at the profit-maximizing level of output.
D) P < TFC at the profit-maximizing level of output.


A

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