When a big business tries to buy out the suppliers to control the cost of the materials for their final product, it is called:

Vertical Integration

Explanation:

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map scale refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground. for example, on a 1: 100000 scale map, 1cm on the map equals 1km on the ground.