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Explain:
(a) Why do most firms produce more than one product?
(b) What is the rule for profit maximization for a multiproduct firm?
(c) Why would a firm produce a product on which it makes zero profits?

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(a) Most firms produce more than one product to be competitive and to diversify their profits.
(b) The rule is to attain the First-Best Optimum.
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