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Question
Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct alternative:
Assertion (A): Under Perfect Competition, each firm faces a perfectly elastic demand curve.
Reason (R): Firm is a price maker under perfect competition.
Options
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.
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Solution
Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
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