In a perfectly competitive market, a firm's short-run supply curve is
A. its marginal cost curve equal to or above the point of intersection with its average variable cost curve.
B. its total cost curve between the shutdown point and the break-even point.
C. its average variable cost curve below the point of intersection with its total cost curve.
D. its total cost curve.
Answer: A
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