The Contribution Margin Approach Helps Managers in Short-Term Decision Making

question 103

Multiple Choice

The contribution margin approach helps managers in short-term decision making because it ________.

• A) treats fixed manufacturing overhead as product costs
• B) reports only mixed costs
• C) reports costs and revenues at present value
• D) isolates costs by behavior

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