Understand that the original problem was a perfectly competitive firm
If a perfectly competitive firm industry becomes a monopolistically competitive industry the type of goods produced will go from being (homogenous (the same) = perfectly competitive industry) to (differentiated = monopolistically competitive).
In essence there are now more substitutes in a monopolistically competitive industry compared to a perfectly competitive industry and therefore the demand curve will slope down because the demand for the product is no longer perfectly elastic because it now has the power to change its price.
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The demand curve now slopes down as the firm now has monopoly power (is a price taker)
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The demand curve will slope down as its now a monopolistic competitor.
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