Total profit can be calculated by:

a. c and e.
b. subtracting total revenue from total costs.
c. subtracting total costs from total revenue.
d. finding the product of the difference between average profit and average total cost and the quantity produced.
e. quantity produced times the difference between average revenue and average total cost.


a

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