A New Chocolate Company Is Estimating How Many Candy Bars

question 197

Multiple Choice

A new chocolate company is estimating how many candy bars per week college students will consume of their line of
products. The graph shows the probable number of candy bars students (age 18-22) will consume from year 0 to year 10.
B(x) gives the number of candy bars for boys, G(x) gives the number of candy bars for girls, and T(x) gives the total
-Estimate B(7) and G(7) and use your estimates to estimate T(7) .

• A) 2.5; 4.0; 6.5
• B) 2.2; 4.3; 6.5
• C) 2.3; 4.0; 6.3
• D) 3.5; 4.2; 7.7

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Definitions:

Purchase Method

An accounting method used in mergers and acquisitions where the assets and liabilities of the acquired company are added to the acquirer's balance sheet at their fair market values.

Business Combination

A transaction or event in which an acquirer obtains control of one or more businesses, often involving mergers, acquisitions, or consolidations.

Pooling-of-interests Method

A merger accounting method in which the assets and liabilities of merging companies are combined using book values, rather than the purchase method.

Statutory Amalgamation

A merger or combination of two or more companies into a new entity, governed and approved by a legal statute.