What Is a Sunk Cost

question 14

Multiple Choice

What is a sunk cost?

• A)A cost that can be avoided if certain choices are made
• B)A cost that always varies with the output of a factory
• C)The average cost of operating a plant
• D)The "lower envelope" of short-run average cost functions
• E)A cost incurred no matter what the decision is and cannot be avoided

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