Which of the following best explains why a firm in a perfectly competitive market must take the price determined in the market?

a. The short-run average total costs of firms that are price takers will be constant.
b. If a price taker increased its price, consumers would buy from other suppliers.
c. Firms in a price-taker market will have to advertise in order to increase sales.
d. There are no good substitutes for the product supplied by a firm that is a price taker.


b

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