Which of the Following Would Be Considered Research and Development

question 63

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be considered research and development?

• A) Routine efforts to refine an existing product.
• B) Periodic alterations to existing production lines.
• C) Marketing research to promote a new product.
• D) Construction of prototypes.

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The increase in cost resulting from the production of one additional unit of a good or service.

Perfectly Elastic

Describes a market situation where the quantity demanded or supplied changes infinitely with even a slight change in price, indicating extreme sensitivity.

Price-taker Industry

A Price-taker Industry is one in which individual firms have no control over the price of their product and must accept the market price as determined by supply and demand.

Constant Cost Industry

An industry wherein the costs of production do not change as the overall level of output increases or decreases.