A Liability Would Be Credited and an Expense Debited If

question 130

Multiple Choice

A liability would be credited and an expense debited if

• A) the business paid a creditor.
• B) the business incurred an expense and did not pay the expense immediately.
• C) the business bought supplies on account.
• D) the business bought supplies for cash.

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Definitions:

Long-run Marginal Cost

The change in total cost when producing one additional unit of a product or service in the long term, where all inputs are considered variable.

Economies of Scale

Enterprises gain cost benefits from their operation size, as the cost for each unit produced typically drops when the scale enlarges because fixed expenses are distributed across a greater number of output units.

Efficient Scale

The level of production at which a firm can produce its product at the lowest average cost per unit.

Economies of Scale

Economies of scale describe the cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, with cost per unit of output generally decreasing with increasing scale.