8) Consider an oligopoly market in which there are 9 firms. Suppose that the 9 firms are able o perfectly collude. Then, the combined quantity output of these 9 firms will be: a) The same quantity as the perfectly competitive market quantity b) Greater than the monopoly quantity c) Nine times the monopoly quantity d) Equal to the monopoly quantity e) A ninth of the monopoly quantity

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