A Hospital Emergency Room Serves Several Patients from a Ten-Car

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A hospital emergency room serves several patients from a ten-car pile-up on the local interstate. Most of the victims require bandages, antibiotics, foot and arm casts, topical ointments, and pain pills. These items are part of the costs of good sold for the hospital emergency room.

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