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Problem on Monopolistic Competition

When fifty fast-food restaurants belonging to fourteen various chains are strung along an eight mile stretch of highway, it is an illustration of: (1) a primitive cartel. (2) pure competition. (3) monopolistic competition. (4) an oligopoly.

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