Suppose That You Build a High-Speed, Magnetically Powered Transportation System

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Multiple Choice

Suppose that you build a high-speed, magnetically powered transportation system from New York to Los Angeles.High fixed costs resulting from the enormous quantity of capital used in this system enable decreasing average cost for any conceivable level of demand.Your monopoly would result from:

• A)control of a scarce resource or input.
• B)technological superiority.
• C)increasing returns to scale.
• D)government-created barriers.

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Definitions:

Periodic Inventory System

An inventory system where inventory levels are updated at specific intervals, typically through physical counts.

Net Method

A technique for accounting where discounts for early payment are assumed to be taken and recorded as such.

Returned Merchandise

Items that have been sold and subsequently returned by the customer to the seller due to defects, dissatisfaction, or other reasons.

Inventory Returns Estimated

An estimate of the value of goods that are anticipated to be returned by customers, used for accounting and inventory management purposes.