Multiple Choice
Suppose that a profit-maximizing monopoly firm experiences a substantial technological change that reduces its marginal and average total costs by $40.If in response to its reduction in cost, the firm changes its price in a profit-maximizing way, then we can predict that its total economic profit will:
A) fall.
B) remain unchanged.
C) rise.
D) It is not possible to make a determination from the information given.
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