If all of the firms in an industry are making positive economic profit, what does it mean for those firms?   The firms' accounting profit < the firms' opportunity cost The firms' explicit cost > the firms' opportunity cost The firms' explicit cost > firms' opportunity cost The firms' accounting profit > the firms' opportunity cost

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If all of the firms in an industry are making positive economic profit, what does it mean for those firms?

 

The firms' accounting profit < the firms' opportunity cost

The firms' explicit cost > the firms' opportunity cost

The firms' explicit cost > firms' opportunity cost

The firms' accounting profit > the firms' opportunity cost

 

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