Question

_____________ are sunk costs because the company will have to pay the cost no matter production or other variables in operations.

Answer 1

Answer:

E. Fixed Costs

Explanation:

Here are the options to this question :

A. Variable Costs

B. Labor Costs

C. Total Costs

D. Raw material Costs

E. Fixed Costs

Sunk costs are costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered. They should not be considered when making future economic decisions.

Fixed cost is cost that do not vary with production. e.g. rent

Most companies pay rent per year. if due to unforeseen contingencies, sales and profit of the company declines and the company decides to shut down production, the company has already paid for rent, this amount cannot be recovered even though the company would not be using the space for sometime. So, rent is an example of sunk cost