Consider UMD2a: Ben & Jerry's Marketing Dashboard (Dollar Sales)shown Above

Multiple Choice

Consider UMD2a: Ben & Jerry's Marketing Dashboard (Dollar Sales) shown above.A marketing manager for Ben and Jerry's has been provided with the above marketing dashboard display.She notices that dollar sales for 2012 were $240 million and in 2013 they were $250 million.What was the formula used to calculate the dollar sales for each of these two years?

A) Dollar sales ($) = average price multiplied by quantity manufactured in each year.
B) Dollar sales ($) = average cost of goods sold minus fixed costs in each year.
C) Dollar sales ($) = average price minus shrinkage rate in each year.
D) Dollar sales ($) = average price multiplied by quantity sold in each year.
E) Dollar sales ($) = average cost of goods sold minus variable costs in each year.