Entrepreneurs shift capital and labor across industries in pursuit of profit. Let’s look at this a little more closely. Suppose there are two industries: a high‑profit industry, Industry H, and a low‑profit industry, Industry L. Answer the following questions about these two industries. a. If the two industries have similar costs, then what must be true about prices in the two industries? Prices in Industry H and Industry L must be equal. must be lower in Industry H than in Industry L. must be higher in Industry H than in Industry L. in Industry H and Industry L cannot be compared.

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