The market price for a good is $9 and will not change. Currently, a perfectly competitive firm is producing 1,200 units of output.

The market price for a good is $9 and will not change. Currently, a perfectly competitive firm is producing 1,200 units of output. At this level of output, the firm's variable costs are $7,000, its fixed costs are $5,000, its average total costs are at their minimum, and its marginal cost curve is upward sloping In order to maximize profits, should the firm increase or decrease production in the short run and why?