Variable Costs Are

question 22

Multiple Choice

Variable costs are

• A) a production expense that does not vary with output.
• B) a production expense that changes with the quantity of output produced.
• C) equal to total cost divided by the units of output produced.
• D) the amount by which a firm's cost changes if the firm produces one more unit of output.

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