Melissa Company Produces and Sells a Product That Has Variable

question 98

Multiple Choice

Melissa Company produces and sells a product that has variable costs of $8 per unit and fixed costs of $240,000 per year._____ is the cost per unit if 20,000 units per year are produced and sold.

• A)$8
• B)$20
• C)$5
• D)$12

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Definitions:

Paralog

Genes that arise by duplication within the same genome and may diverge to perform functions related to or distinct from the original gene.

Ortholog

Genes in different species that evolved from a common ancestral gene by speciation and retain the same function.

Speciation Event

The process by which new genetically distinct species evolve from a single ancestral species.

Gene Duplication

A process in which a chromosome segment is copied resulting in multiple copies of the same gene in the genome, often leading to new genetic functions.