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13. A profit maximizing firm will produce where Marginal Revenue = Marginal Cost, and Marginal Revenue = Market Price for a perfectly competitive firm, so the firm will produce where MC = P.
As shown in the graph to the right, if the price is 20, MC = P at an output of 8 so the firm will produce 8 units.
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