A Company Is Considering Eliminating a Product Line

question 115

Multiple Choice

A company is considering eliminating a product line. The fixed costs currently allocated to the product line will be allocated to other product lines upon discontinuance. If the product line is discontinued

• A) total net income will increase by the amount of the product line's fixed costs.
• B) total net income will decrease by the amount of the product line's fixed costs.
• C) the contribution margin of the product line will indicate the net income increase or decrease.
• D) the company's total fixed costs will decrease.

Apply critical thinking skills in personal problem solving and decision making.

Identify and utilize different problem-solving strategies like subgoal setting and working backward.

Understand the advantages and disadvantages of using heuristics in decision making.

Acknowledge the impact of cognitive biases and heuristics on perception and choice.

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Definitions:

Biological Species Concept

Holds that species are groups of actually (or potentially) interbreeding natural populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups.

General Lineage Species Concept

The general lineage species concept is the idea that species are metapopulations of organisms that exchange alleles frequently enough that they constitute the same gene pool and therefore the same evolutionary lineage.

Biological

Pertaining to the science of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution.

Asexually

Reproduction without the fusion of gametes, leading to offspring genetically identical to the parent.