If a perfectly competitive industry's long-run supply curve is downward sloping, we can conclude that input prices will:

A. increase as industry output increases.
B. decrease as industry output increases.
C. remain constant as industry output increases.
D. not change systematically as industry output increases.


Answer: B

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