A student wrote: "Monopolistic competition is a market structure in which a small number of firms compete by making an identical product." If you were the instructor, how would you correct this statement?

What will be an ideal response?

The answer is wrong in several respects: Monopolistic competition is a market structure in which a small large number of firms compete by making an identical product similar but slightly different products.

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