Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)The firm deducts a fraction of the investments in plant,property,and equipment each year as depreciation.
• B)If securities are fairly priced,the net present value of a fixed set of cash flows is independent of how those cash flows are financed.
• C)Sunk cost fallacy is a term used to describe the tendency of people to ignore sunk costs in capital budgeting analysis.
• D)A good rule to remember is that if our decision does not affect a cash flow then the cash flow should not affect our decision.

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Definitions:

Valid

Pertaining to an argument or claim that is logically sound and holds under scrutiny.

Unsound

Refers to an argument that either has false premises or does not follow a logical structure, leading to an unreliable conclusion.

Disjunctive Syllogism

A type of deductive argument by elimination in which the premises present only two alternatives.

Deductive Arguments

A logical process where the conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true.