If a purely competitive firm is producing at some level less than the profit-maximizing output, then:

A. price is necessarily greater than average total cost.
B. fixed costs are large relative to variable costs.
C. price exceeds marginal revenue.
D. marginal revenue exceeds marginal cost.

Answer: D

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