When marginal cost pricing occurs

A. the firm is at the shutdown point.
B. the firm can only break even if it does not set price to marginal cost.
C. price equals the additional cost society incurs in producing the next unit of an item.
D. price equals average variable cost but exceeds average total cost.


Answer: C

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