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Describe how a cost-volume-profit analysis would be performed for a company that sells more than one product. (Assume that the sales mix is known).

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Cost volume profit analysis is the analysis of 3 variables; that is; cost, volume, and profit. Such an analysis explores the relationship existing amongst costs, revenues, activity levels and the resulting profit. It aims at measuring variations of cost with volume. In the profit planning of a ...

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