If a perfectly competitive wheat farmer is maximizing its profit and then increases its output, the farmer's
A) total revenue increases, but total cost rises by more so that the farmer's total profit decreases.
B) total revenue decreases and total cost increases, both thereby decreasing the farmer's total profit.
C) total revenue does not change but total cost increases, thereby decreasing the farmer's total profit.
D) marginal revenue increases, but so does marginal cost, so that the farmer's total profit increases.
E) total revenue and total cost both rise, but the effect on the farmer's total profit is uncertain.
A
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A) I = d - K. B) I = d + K. C) I = d × K. D) I = d/K.
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a) A fall in the number of migrant workers from Mexico b) Higher oil prices c) An increase in welfare benefits d) An loosening of the restrictions on child labor