When a perfectly competitive firm finds that its market price is below its minimum average variable cost, it will sell
A) the output where marginal revenue equals marginal cost.
B) any positive output the entrepreneur decides upon because all of it can be sold.
C) nothing at all; the firm shuts down.
D) the output where average total cost equals price.
Answer: C
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