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Will a profit-maximising firm in a competitive market ever produce a positive level of output in the renge where the marginal cost is falling ? Give an explanation.

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No, because the essential condition of producer's equilibrium is that marginal cost (MC) curve should be rising . So , a profit -maximising firm will produce that quantity of output at which its MC is rising and not falling.
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