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Firm A charged $4 per unit when it produced 100 units of good X, and it charged $3 per unit when it produced 200 units. Furthermore, the firm earned the same profit per unit in both cases. How can this happen?

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Microeconomics

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Roger A. Arnold
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781337617406
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Microeconomics

13th Edition
Roger A. Arnold
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781337617406

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Firm A charged $4 per unit when it produced 100 units of good X, and it charged $3 per unit when it produced 200 units. Furthermore, the firm earned the same profit per unit in both cases. How can this happen?

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