If a firm is hiring variable resources D and F in perfectly competitive input markets, it will minimize the cost of producing any level of output by employing D and F in such amounts that:

A. the price of each input equals its MP.
B. MP D = MP F .
C. MP D /P D = MP F /P F .
D. MP D /P F = MP F /P D

Answer: C

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