A Company Should Generally Add a Product Line If

question 11

Multiple Choice

A company should generally add a product line if:

• A) Its segment margin is negative and its contribution to overall company profits is negative
• B) Its segment margin is negative and its contribution to overall company profits is positive
• C) Its segment margin is positive
• D) None of these are correct

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Definitions:

Deleterious Allele

A genetic variant that tends to have a negative effect on the fitness or survival of an organism.

Fixed Genetic Locus

A specific location on a chromosome where the genetic variation has become identical across all members of a population due to evolutionary processes.

Allele

A variant of a gene that occurs due to mutation and is located at an identical location on a chromosome, representing one of two or more possible versions.

Genetic Drift

A mechanism of evolution that results in the change of the frequency of alleles in a population due to random sampling of organisms.