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Transcribed Image Text:**VMP and MRP Comparison**
*Homework* | *Unanswered* | *Due Nov 28th, 11:59 PM*
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**Which of the following is FALSE?**
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a) For a perfectly competitive firm, the factor demand curve is the same as the MRP curve and the VMP curve.
b) For a price searcher, its VMP curve lies above its MRP curve.
c) For a price searcher, its VMP curve is its factor demand curve.
d) A firm that faces a horizontal (perfectly elastic) supply curve of factors is called a factor price taker.
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