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A disadvantage of extending credit to customers is that the cost may ______ the additional sales revenue received through credit transactions.Multiple choice question.exceedincreasebe less than

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A disadvantage of extending credit to customers is that the cost may ______ the additional sales revenue received through credit transactions.Multiple choice question.exceedincreasebe less than

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The correct answer is "exceed". Extending credit to customers can potentially lead to a situation where the cost of extending that credit (such as potential bad debt, administrative costs, etc.) may exceed the additional sales revenue received through credit transactions.

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