If new firms enter a monopolistically competitive market, the demand curves for the existing firms will shift to the

A. Right, and there will be no change in price elasticity.
B. Left and become more price-inelastic.
C. Left and become more price-elastic.
D. Left, and there will be no change in price elasticity.


Answer: C

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