Sweet Husks is a perfectly competitive corn farm. Currently, the expected price of an ear of corn is $0.40 and, at its current production level, Sweet Husks has a marginal cost of $.30 per ear. The expected profit from producing an additional ear of corn is ________.
A) $0.10
B) $0.70
C) $0.20
D) $0.40
A) $0.10
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A. P = $7 and firm 1 will sell 7 units of output. B. P = $1 and firms 1 and 2 will each sell 7 units of output. C. P = $1.5 and firms 1 and 2 will each sell 10 units of output. D. P = $1 and firms 1 and 2 will each sell 1.5 units of output.