The Reason That Profit-Maximizing Firms Willingly Incur the Added Expense

question 15

Multiple Choice

The reason that profit-maximizing firms willingly incur the added expense of advertising is that they hope that successful advertising will increase profits by:

• A)increasing average costs.
• B)increasing marginal costs.
• C)increasing supply.
• D)increasing demand.

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