Midwestern Farmers Used to Say "Mare's Tail and Mackerel Scales

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Multiple Choice

Midwestern farmers used to say "mare's tail and mackerel scales bring the storm down on you head"; Mare's tails are cirrus clouds and mackerel scales are cirrostratus.When this sequence is followed by altostratus the old farmers were talking about an approaching ________ front.

• A)warm
• B)cold
• C)warm or cold
• D)none of these

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Product Cost

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Period Cost

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Frosting

A sweet, creamy icing used for coating or decorating cakes and pastries.

Period Costs

Expenses that are not directly associated with manufacturing and are therefore recorded as expenses in the period in which they are incurred.