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if a price searcher operates at MC=P, it will cause MC to exceed MR. please explain...

if a price searcher operates at MC=P, it will cause MC to exceed MR. please explain why this is this case with a graph.
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For a price searcher firm, price is always greater than marginal revenue. This implies that, when it uses MR = MC, it gets a price which is greater than both MC and MR. But when it sets a price according to P = MC, it gets a price which is greater than marginal revenue but is equal to marginal cost. In this manner the resultant marginal cost will exceed marginal revenue and so profit is not maximized.

This is seen at A where price is P = MC and corresponding marginal revenue at B is MR. Here P = MC is greater than MR and the difference is shown by AB

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