A market condition where profit is maximized when MR = AR = MC = P is known as
Answer Details
The market condition where profit is maximized when MR = AR = MC = P is known as "perfect competition." In a perfectly competitive market, there are many buyers and sellers, and no individual buyer or seller can influence the price of the product. This means that the market price is determined by the forces of supply and demand, and each firm is a price taker, rather than a price maker. In a perfectly competitive market, firms aim to maximize profits by producing at the point where marginal revenue (MR) equals marginal cost (MC). Since the market price is equal to the firm's average revenue (AR), profit is also maximized at this point. Thus, in a perfectly competitive market, firms cannot charge a price higher than the market price, and they cannot charge a price lower than the marginal cost of production without making a loss.