One Common Method of Factoring Local Weather Conditions into Estimates

question 13

Multiple Choice

One common method of factoring local weather conditions into estimates of heating energy use is based on heating ____.

• A) prognostication
• B) thermometers
• C) historical records
• D) degree days

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Definitions:

Accounting Entities

Organizations or business units considered separate from their owners for accounting purposes.

Prospective

Relating to or effective in the future, often used in planning and forecasting scenarios.

Adjusting Entry

A journal entry made in accounting records at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditure to the period in which they actually occurred.

Depreciation Expense

The portion of the cost of a fixed asset that is considered consumed in each period of the asset's useful life.