What is a result of horizontal integration?

a. companies will reduce their market share for their product

b. companies can’t control their prices without competition

c. companies will have less control of their product in the marketplace

d. companies will increase the cost of products to pay for the purchase of other businesses.

D. Companies will increase the cost of products to pay for the purchase of other businesses.

Explanation:

the correct answer is “opportunity cost”. opportunity cost is what a company misses out because it decided in one option over another one. in this case, the company decided to invest in building a factory so it gave up another possible benefit or profit in order to achieve success with the factory.  

trade-off is not the correct answer since it is a situation in which you accept losing something in return for benefits in other areas.

and finally, consequence is a general term used to accept what it comes when you make a decision. it can be a positive or negative consequence depending if the decision you took was the correct one.  

d

step-by-step explanation:

an inequality is an expression which means more than one number is a solution. we graph the solutions on a number line to show all possible values. we graph using circles and arrows.

this is a filled in circle on -2 so this is . this means only answers c and d are options.

answer d points to the right.