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10 - Option D
All the above options
This is because of the relationship of cost with demand and supply.
11 - Option E
It will increase in short run and then decrease back to its original price in long run
12 - Option A
New firms will enter and compete any excess profit away
This is because in perfect competition there are no positive profits in long run.
13 - Option C
Economic profit is zero
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