Your E-Mail Messages and Memos Should Have High Skim Value

question 31

Multiple Choice

Your e-mail messages and memos should have high skim value, which means

• A) you write the message quickly and efficiently.
• B) information presented is easy to read and comprehend.
• C) all sentences contain ten or fewer words.
• D) all paragraphs contain five or fewer lines.

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Definitions:

EBIT

A financial metric called EBIT that calculates a company's profits prior to the deduction of interest and income tax costs, encompassing all other expenses.

Operating Leverage

A financial metric that measures the proportion of fixed costs in a company's cost structure, indicating how a change in sales volume will affect operating income.

Variable Cost

Costs that vary directly with levels of production or sales volume, such as materials and labor.

Cost Structure

This refers to the types and relative proportions of fixed and variable costs that a business incurs.