[Solved] The central thesis of the Oration on the Dignity of Man was A)man's dignity comes from the fact that God loved man so intensely that he became human and died for his sins. B)a challenge to Papal authority after the disastrous fourteenth century. C)a defense of republican government against the threat posed by the condottieri . D)that God gave man the freedom to shape his own being. E)that the human body was beautiful and should be portrayed in its natural state: nude. Equivalent Units: A measure used in cost accounting to express the amount of work done by employees or machines in terms that allow for the comparison between completed units and units that are partially completed. Process Costing: An accounting methodology that traces and accumulates direct costs, and allocates indirect costs, of a manufacturing process. Conversion Costs: The combined costs of direct labor and manufacturing overheads, representing the expenses to convert raw materials into finished goods. Equivalent Units: Equivalent units are a concept in cost accounting used to express the amount of materials or labor needed to produce a unit of output in a process that is partially complete.