The Accounting Firm of Pie and Lowell Is Examining Its

question 32

Multiple Choice

The accounting firm of Pie and Lowell is examining its client base to determine how profitable its regular clients are.Its analysis indicates that Chico,Inc.paid $116,000 in fees last year,but cost the firm $124,000 ($106,000 in billable labor,supplies,and copying,and $18,000 in allocated common fixed costs) .If Pie and Lowell dropped Chico,Inc.as a client,and all fixed costs are unavoidable,how would profit be affected?

• A)$0
• B)Increase $8,000
• C)Decrease $10,000
• D)Decrease $116,000

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Definitions:

Null Hypotheses

A hypothesis that stipulates there is no statistical significance between the specified sets of data or that any observed differences are due to chance.

Independent Variable

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Dependent Variable

The variable in an experiment or study that is expected to change as a result of variations in the independent variable.

Regression Analysis

A comprehensive statistical approach for modeling the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables, encompassing various techniques for analyzing and interpreting multiple data variables.