ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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A furniture producer sells a chair for $95. The marginal cost to produce that chair is $95. The furniture producer is operating at ______.
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distiributive efficiency
productive efficiency
allocative efficiency
consumer's efficiency
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