If a Company Owns Plants at Various Stages of the Production

question 133

Multiple Choice

If a company owns plants at various stages of the production process,this is called:

• A) an industry.
• B) a conglomerate.
• C) a vertically integrated firm.
• D) a multiplant firm.

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Definitions:

Positive Exponents

Refers to exponents that are greater than zero, used to denote the number of times a base is multiplied by itself.

Expression

An expression in mathematics is a combination of symbols that can represent a number, variable, operation, or a combination thereof, without an equality sign.

X

Often used to represent an unknown variable in algebraic equations or the horizontal axis in Cartesian coordinate systems.

Y

Often used to denote the dependent variable or the output value in a function, commonly represented on the vertical axis in a Cartesian coordinate system.