The market supply curve is calculated by:

A.) Summing the marginal cost curves of all firms.
B.) Averaging the individual supply curves.
C.) Summing the prices from individual supply curves.
D.) Averaging the individual marginal cost curves below ATC.


A.) Summing the marginal cost curves of all firms.

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