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a. the value of the civilian goods no longer produced by the new soldiers
b. the cost of feeding and clothing the new soldiers
c. the dollar cost of the payroll
d. the higher prices of civilian goods due to wartime shortages
e. the cost of transporting the soldiers to combat

A

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