To increase its profit, a perfectly competitive firm will produce more output when

A) price is greater than average fixed cost.
B) price is greater than marginal cost.
C) marginal cost is less than average total cost.
D) average variable cost is greater than average fixed cost.
E) price is greater than average variable cost.


B

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