The Fixed Costs of WeBuy&Sell

question 21

Multiple Choice

The fixed costs of WeBuy&Sell.com, an e-commerce website, make up about 90 percent of the total costs incurred by the company. However, since its primary means of communication is web advertising, WeBuy&Sell.com has variable costs as low as 10 percent of its total costs. This allows WeBuy&Sell.com to earn high profits at a very low cost. According to the given scenario, WeBuy&Sell.com has _____.

• A) zero scalability
• B) low scalability
• C) infinite scalability
• D) high scalability

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Definitions:

Lost Property

Items that the owner has unintentionally left or dropped, and where the owner has forgotten or is unaware of their location.

Eminent Domain Law

Legal provisions allowing the government to expropriate private property for public use, with compensation to the owner.

Expropriate

The act of a government taking private property for public use, usually with compensation to the owner.

Fee Simple Absolute

A type of freehold ownership where the owner has the maximum possible rights over the property, permitting them to use it, sell it, or bequeath it under the law.