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Which of the following is characteristic of a purely competitive seller's demand curve?Multiple ChoicePrice and marginal revenue are equal at all levels of output.Average revenue is less than price.Its elasticity coefficient is 1 at all levels of output.It is the same as the market demand curv

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Which of the following is characteristic of a purely competitive seller's demand curve?Multiple ChoicePrice and marginal revenue are equal at all levels of output.Average revenue is less than price.Its elasticity coefficient is 1 at all levels of output.It is the same as the market demand curv

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The characteristic of a purely competitive seller's demand curve is that "Price and marginal revenue are equal at all levels of output."

Here's why: In a purely competitive market, the seller is a price taker, meaning they cannot influence the market price. Therefore, the price they sell at is the price determined by the market. This price is also their marginal revenue, which is the revenue gained from selling one additional unit of a product. So, in a purely competitive market, the price and marginal revenue are always equal at all levels of output.

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