Use the Following Information to Answer the Question

question 19

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question.
For your internship at the local zoo, you have been assigned to help with the new orangutan-breeding program. Little is known about orangutan reproductive hormones, but hormone feedback cycles are often the same in closely related animals. You have been asked to use your knowledge of the interactions of human reproductive hormones to recommend injections to promote ovulation in a female orangutan when a visiting male arrives for a brief breeding visit.
Which of the following hormones would you use if you want to induce ovulation in a few days?

• A) estradiol (estrogen)
• B) progesterone
• C) luteinizing hormone (LH)
• D) follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)

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Definitions:

Discounted Payback Period

The period of time it takes for an investment's cash flows, discounted back to the present value, to cover its initial cost.

Degree of Operating Leverage

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Fixed Costs

Expenses that do not change with varying levels of production or sales, such as rent or salaries.

Depreciation Expense

A measure of the reduction in value of an asset over a given period, used for accounting and tax purposes.