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If a firm produces past that point, then marginal revenue is less than marginal cost. This means that the firm is losing profit with each additional unit of output and it should produce less. Remember that a competitive firm has a flat MR curve which is equal to the market price.
If the market price for the firm's product is $32, the competitive firm will produce: A 1. 8 units at an economic profit of $16. 2. 5 units at a loss of $10. 3. 8 units at a loss equal to the firm's total fixed cost.. Refer to the above diagram. This firm's demand and marginal revenue curves are based on the assumption that: 1. the firm has no immediate rivals. 2. rivals will match both a price increase and a price decrease. 3. rivals will match a price increase, but ignore a price decrease.