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question 44

Multiple Choice

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Mercantile Corporation has sales of $2,000,000, variable costs of $800,000, and fixed costs of $900,000.
-Mercantile's margin of safety ratio is

• A) .15.
• B) .25.
• C) .33.
• D) .75.

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