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Old May 27, 2008, 12:08 PM
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Direct Costs vs. Indirect Costs

Which one of these statements best explains why companies want to distinguish between indirect and direct costs?

a) To evaluate business segments on the basis of only those costs directly traceable to each segment

b) To better determine whether a company is a large organization or a small organization

c) To determine the sales prices nesessary to break even

d) To better distinguish between variable and fixed costs for each product

e) To better distinguish between material costs and labor costs

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