The Total Expense Incurred by a Firm in Producing and Marketing

question 153

Multiple Choice

The total expense incurred by a firm in producing and marketing its products or services; the sum of fixed cost and variable cost, is referred to as

• A)overhead.
• B)total cost.
• C)fixed costs.
• D)average cost.
• E)marginal cost.

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