The Engineering Method of Separating Costs

question 144

Multiple Choice

The engineering method of separating costs

• A) is generally used to estimate the cost of activities and new products.
• B) is sometimes called a time and motion study.
• C) is expensive to use because it is so detailed.
• D) All of the above are correct.

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Definitions:

Distributive Property

A property in algebra that allows you to multiply a sum by multiplying each addend separately and then add the results.

Like Terms

Terms in an algebraic expression that have the same variables raised to the same power and can therefore be combined.

Simplify Expression

The process of performing all possible arithmetic operations within an expression to reduce it to its simplest form.

Distributive Property

A property in algebra that allows for the multiplication of a single term and two or more terms inside a set of parentheses.