While the prices that consumers pay are often inflexible, a significant number of final prices paid in business-to-business transactions are negotiated

Which of the following statements regarding methods to record investments after acquisitions is incorrect?

a) it is not relevent to the consolidated FS whether the parent company measures its investment account using the cost method or using one of the equity methods so long as the eliminating entries are properly prepared b) initial recording of the investment (At its cost) is identical in all three methods, i.e., cost, partial equity, or complete equity method c) under the equity method, the investor adjusts the investment account upward for its share of the investee's earnings and dividends declared d) for periods subsequent to acquisition, both the investment account and the equity in subsidiary income will be larger under the partial equity method than under the complete equity method if the subsidiary carries depreciable assets with market values greater than book values

___________: Clear, concise expression of current basic purpose/scope of operations of organization

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).