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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.
A rational company always seeks to maximize its profit, and the relationship between marginal revenue and the marginal cost of production helps to find the point at which this occurs. The point at which marginal revenue equals marginal cost maximizes a company's profit.