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Question
Relative performance is best described as which of the following??a) The excess of a firm's revenue over its costs
b) How a firm performs based on a comparison to another firm in its peer set within an industry
c) The average compensation of employees compared to the average at other firms
d) The percentage of output attributed to fixed versus variable costs
e) How a firm compares in number employees to another frim in its peer set within an industry
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