The marginal cost curve

A) shows the maximum price that a producer must receive to induce it to produce a unit of a good or service.
B) shows the minimum price sellers must receive to produce a unit of a good or service.
C) is the same as the demand curve.
D) shows what buyers are willing to give up to get one more unit of a good or service.


B

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C) may require losing money fighting the first potential entrant.
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