Fixed Costs __________________________

question 129

Multiple Choice

Fixed costs __________________________.

• A) Change as a function of the quantity of output produced.
• B) (For a given time period) are constant no matter the quantity of output produced.
• C) Change as a function of the next unit of output produced.
• D) Comprise the sum total of all production expenses of the firm for some time period.
• E) comprise the sum total of all production expenses of the firm for some time period, expressed relative to the total output produced for that same time period.

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