When a profit-maximizing firm in a competitive market is unable to generate enough revenue to pay all of its fixed costs, what should it do in the short run?

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It should continue to produce as long as total revenue is sufficient to pay variable costs.

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It should shut down and incur a loss equal to its fixed costs.

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none of the above

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It should continue to produce as long as marginal cost is less than average revenue.

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It should shut down until it is able to produce where average revenue exceeds average fixed cost.

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