An Approach That Uses a Number of Outcome Estimates to Get

question 45

Multiple Choice

An approach that uses a number of outcome estimates to get a sense of the variability among potential returns is

• A) the discounted cash flow technique.
• B) the net present value method.
• C) risk analysis.
• D) sensitivity analysis.

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