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Peter's Pencils is a perfectly competitive company producing pencils. Suppose Peter is producing 1,000 pencils an hour. If the total cost of 1,000 pencils is $500, the market price per pencil is $2, and the marginal cost is $2, then Peter
◦ makes an economic profit because marginal revenue is equal to marginal cost at this output level.
◦ should decrease his output to increase his profit.
◦ is maximizing his profit and is making an economic profit.
◦ should increase his output to increase his profit.
◦ is not maximizing his profit but is making zero economic profit anyway.


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