A perfectly competitive firm maximizes its profit by producing the output at which its marginal cost equals its

A) marginal revenue.
B) average total cost.
C) average variable cost.
D) average fixed cost.


A

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a. true b. false

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Lane and Riley are the only two residents in a neighborhood, and they share the same driveway. They would like to have the driveway paved. The value of the paved driveway is $1,500 to Lane and $900 to Riley. Regardless of who pays for the paving both people will benefit from it. What is the most a contractor can charge to pave the driveway and still be assured of being hired by at least one of them?

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