A Firm's ______ Cost Is Equal to the Sum of the ______

question 63

Multiple Choice

A firm's ______ cost is equal to the sum of the ______ costs of the individual units it produces.

• A) total; average
• B) variable; average
• C) total; marginal
• D) variable; marginal

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Definitions:

Comparative Advantage

The capacity of an individual or country to manufacture a given good or service more efficiently, incurring lower opportunity costs than their counterparts.

Opportunity Cost

The omission of possible gains that could come from different options when one is preferred.

Comparative Advantage

The competence of an individual, firm, or nation to forge a good or render a service with a lower forfeited opportunity compared to others in the market.

Productivity

A measure of the efficiency of production, usually defined as the ratio of outputs produced to inputs used.