What Is the Principal Reason That the FDA Has Banned

question 105

Multiple Choice

What is the principal reason that the FDA has banned the sale of products containing ephedrine?

• A)The costs are prohibitive
• B)The products were found to be ineffective for weight loss
• C)The products were implicated in several cases of heart attacks and seizures
• D)The products were found to contain contaminants that were believed to be responsible for inducing liver failure

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Definitions:

Average Rate of Return

A monetary measurement for assessing an investment's profit efficiency, determined by dividing the yearly average profit by the cost of initial investment.

Cash Payback

A capital budgeting method that estimates the time required for an investment to generate cash flows sufficient to recover its initial cost.

Internal Rate of Return

A financial metric used in capital budgeting to estimate the profitability of potential investments, calculated as the discount rate that makes the net present value of all cash flows from a particular project equal to zero.

Present Value Factor

A multiplier used to calculate the present value of a future amount of money or stream of payments.