The supply curve for a perfectly competitive industry is obtained by

a. making an empirical study of historical data.
b. vertically summing the supply curves of firms in the industry.
c. horizontally summing the average cost curves of firms in the industry.
d. horizontally summing the supply curves of firms in the industry.

d

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