If a perfectly competitive firm is producing at the output level where marginal revenue is equal to marginal cost and at this output level, the market price exceeds the firm's average total cost, the firm is ________.

A) not producing at the profit-maximizing output level
B) earning a competitive return
C) incurring an economic loss
D) earning economic profits


D) earning economic profits

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a. true b. false

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Traditionally, Trobriand Islanders believed that men are not needed for conception to occur

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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A system of social ranking based on the relative dominance of animals within a social group is called a:

A. dominance hierarchy B. dominance ranking C. ascendancy ranking D. power hierarchy

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Of the following features belonging to Au. afarensis, which is evidence of its adaptation to bipedal locomotion?

A. the position of its foramen magnum underneath the skull B. the development of an opposable thumb C. the presence of crude stone tools D. its cranial capacity E. its relatively large grinding surfaces on the back teeth, compared to earlier primate fossils

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