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The assumption of a horizontal demand curve confronting a competitive firm does not mean that the price never changes. True False

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True. The assumption of a horizontal demand curve facing a competitive firm means that the firm is a price taker, and it assumes that it can sell as much output as it wants at the prevailing market price. However, it does not mean that the market price never changes. Market prices can and do change due to shifts in supply and demand conditions. The competitive firm simply takes the current market price as given and does not influence it through its own production or sales decisions.

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