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Q1.
there are following characteristics of perfect competition
1. they are price taker
2. there are many sellers and buyers
3. free entry and exit
4.Homogenious product
5.perfect Knowledge about market.
why do firms have no control?
in perfect competition, products are homogenous and any firm can enter easily. and everyone has perfect Knowledge about market so, it is impossible to charge price whatever the firm wants as if they will charge high price costumer have many other option.
if we talk about elasticity of demand, competitive firm has perfectly elastic demand. so, when there is perfectly elastic demand we can not charge the price beyond the market price as no one will buy at this price.
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