You Are Writing to a Reader Who Favours a Different

question 70

Multiple Choice

You are writing to a reader who favours a different solution than the one you recommend.Which of the following strategies is MOST likely to persuade the reader?

• A)Describe your reader's solution first; explain why it won't work; then go on to describe your own solution.
• B)Ignore your opponent's solution, and just concentrate on your own.
• C)Describe your own solution first.Then briefly say why your reader's idea won't work.
• D)Go back and forth between solutions, contrasting step by step.

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Definitions:

Acid-test Ratio

A financial metric that measures a company's ability to cover its short-term liabilities with its most liquid assets.

Debt-to-equity Ratio

This proportion demonstrates the relative use of debt and shareholders' equity in the capital funding of a company's assets.

Receivable Turnover

A financial metric indicating how efficiently a company collects cash from credit sales by measuring the number of times average accounts receivable are collected over a period.

Inventory Turnover

A ratio showing how many times a company's inventory is sold and replaced over a period, indicating efficiency in managing stock.