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In which kind of market, a firm is a price taker?

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Perfect competition
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Monopoly
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Monopolistic competition
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Oligopoly
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Solution

The correct option is C Perfect competition
Perfect competition is a form of the market in which there is a large number of buyers and sellers and where homogeneous product is sold at a uniform priceA price taker firm means that it has to accept the price as determined by the forces of market demand and market supply.Firm's demand curve under perfect competition is a horizontal straight line parallel to X-axis.Under perfect competition, AR is constant for a firm. Hence, AR = MR.

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