For a monopolist, the reason that marginal revenue is less than price is

A) because of the perfectly elastic demand curve that the monopolist faces.
B) because the monopolist must lower the price of the good in order to sell an additional unit.
C) because of the U-shaped average revenue curve.
D) because of the lack of competition in the market.


B

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