Figure 14-7 at the Beginning of the Year, Molybdenum Company

question 46

Multiple Choice

Figure 14-7 At the beginning of the year, Molybdenum Company initiated an environmental cost reduction program. To help assess the impact of the environmental cost reduction improvement program, the following data was collected for the current and preceding year:
Refer to Figure 14-7. For the current year, detection costs are what percentage of operating costs?

• A) 3.333%
• B) 0.833%
• C) 0.500%
• D) 0.333%

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