LB Limited is a price taker in a perfectly competitive market. It produces and sells canned spices. The following information is available for the company: Current output 5000 units Current market price $3 Total cost $25,000 Marginal cost $3 Total variable cost $20,000 What is the best action for LB limited? a) Operating in the short run and in the long run b) Increase output in the short run and in the long run c) Shut down in the short run and exit in the long run d) Shut down in the short run and produce in the long run e) Reduce output in the short run and increase output in the long run

In this question c, the short-term Shut - down as well as the long-term departure. Since overall revenues are lower than the entire variable cost, it means that a producer is not capable of covering the variable cost, thus stopping the output in the short term and the business leaving it market on account of losses inside the long term.

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