The Markup Pricing Technique Involves Determining the Selling Price of a Good

question 30

Multiple Choice

The markup pricing technique involves determining the selling price of a good by adding a profit markup to minimum average cost.This would result in maximum profits only if

• A)average cost were constant.
• B)the markup were zero.
• C)the markup varied with the elasticity of demand.
• D)demand were inelastic.

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Definitions:

Consumption Changes

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Barley Crop

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Aggregate Demand

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