Holding All Other Things Constant, an Increase in Fixed Production

question 75

Multiple Choice

Holding all other things constant, an increase in fixed production costs will affect:

• A)the markup under the absorption costing approach to cost-plus pricing.
• B)the markup used to compute the profit-maximizing price.
• C)both the markup under the absorption costing approach to cost-plus pricing and the markup used to compute profit-maximizing price.
• D)neither the markup under the absorption costing approach to cost-plus pricing nor the markup used to compute profit-maximizing price.

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