Your mom tells you to charge a price of 25 cents for each bracelet. since the marginal cost of making a bracelet is also 25 cents, this price will lose money cover your costs earn a profit

Cover your costs

If the marginal cost of producing a bracelet is 25 cents, then this means that it takes you 25 cents to create one bracelet. This includes material, as well as any other resource that might be employed (such as electricity, time, etc.). If you also sell each bracelet at 25 cents, then this would be enough for you to be able to cover your costs, but not enough to be able to make a profit.

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b: to eliminate competition from other farmers