Profits
A) are a cost of doing business because they are payments to others.
B) are not a cost of doing business because they are owed to resource owners.
C) are not a cost of doing business because they are often zero or negative.
D) are a cost of doing business because entrepreneurs would not incur the risk of starting a business if they didn't expect to earn profits.
D
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