A Farmer Performs Truncation Selection to Try to Increase the Weight

question 4

Multiple Choice

A farmer performs truncation selection to try to increase the weight of peaches in his orchard.Which statement correctly describes a possible outcome of this selection?

• A)If peach weight is not heritable, the average weight in the next generation will increase.
• B)If peach weight is heritable, the average weight in the next generation will increase.
• C)The average peach weight will decrease due to this inbreeding.
• D)If peach weight is heritable, the average weight in the next generation will decrease.

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Definitions:

Variable Costing

A technique in accounting that encompasses only costs that vary with production (including direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead) in the pricing of products.

Period Cost

Expenses that are not directly tied to the production of goods and are instead associated with time periods, such as administrative salaries.

Variable Costing

A method of cost accounting where only variable production costs are included in product costs, with fixed overhead expenses treated as period costs.

Unit Product Cost

The total cost associated with producing a single unit of a product, calculated by dividing the total production costs by the number of units produced.