Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 35

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)The lower the discount percentage offered,the greater the cost of forgoing the discount and using trade credit.
• B)A firm should choose to borrow using accounts payable only if trade credit is the cheapest source of funding.
• C)A firm should always pay on the latest day allowed.
• D)A firm should strive to keep its money working for it as long as possible without developing a bad relationship with its suppliers or engaging in unethical practices.

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Definitions:

Distribution

Describes how values are spread or distributed across various levels or intervals in a dataset.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values in the set deviate from the mean.

Distribution

Describes the frequency or probability of all possible outcomes of a random variable.

Box Plots

Box plots, also known as box-and-whisker plots, are graphical representations used in descriptive statistics that show the distribution, central value, and variability of a dataset through quartiles, highlighting median, quartiles, and outliers in the data.