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Question
Assertion: A firm is able to sell more quantity of a commodity by reducing its price.
Reason: As it sells additional units of the commodity at a lower price, the firm’s marginal revenue will be less than its average revenue.
Options
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
Assertion is true and Reason is false.
Both Assertion and Reason are false.
Solution
Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
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