In the year that a bakery buys a new $100,000 oven by borrowing at a real interest rate of 5 percent, the oven adds $22,000 to bread sales, depreciates by $8000, and requires $3000 in natural gas and maintenance

Since the MPK is ________ the user cost of capital, the bakery should ________. A) above, shut down the oven
B) above, consider buying more ovens
C) below, shut down the oven
D) below, consider buying more ovens


B

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