The Operating Margin Is a Profitability Ratio

question 17

True/False

The operating margin is a profitability ratio.

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Definitions:

Marginal Tax Rate

The rate at which the last dollar of income is taxed, reflecting the incremental rate applied to income in the highest tax bracket.

Average Tax Rate

The ratio of the total amount of taxes paid to the total tax base (income, expenditure, or asset), represented as a percentage.

Proportional

Characterized by or corresponding in size, degree, or intensity according to a fixed ratio or relationship.

Price Elasticity

A measure indicating how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in its price, often illustrating the sensitivity of demand to price changes.