Max Shreck, an accountant, quit his $80,000-a-year job and bought an existing tattoo parlor from its previous owner, Sylvia Sidney. The lease has five years remaining and requires a monthly payment of $4,000. The lease

A) is a fixed cost of operating the tattoo parlor.

B) is a variable cost of operating the tattoo parlor.

C) is an implicit cost of operating the tattoo parlor.

D) is part of the marginal cost of operating the tattoo parlor.