The ratio between muscle mass and body fat is more meaningful and important than body weight alone. Muscle is denser and weighs more than fat, so a lean, muscular person can weigh more than someone with a higher amount of body fat.
The contribution income statement, also known as the contribution margin income statement, measures costs based on the functional area or segment of a business. This is different from a traditional income statement, which does not distinguish between fixed- and variable-production and selling costs, and which considers the corporation as a whole rather than each segment individually.
Several years back, economists developed methods for appraising investment projects fi-. nanced from public budgets, one of which is the use of âsocial cost-benefit analysisâ: a. test that weighs the costs and benefits of a public project in terms of its contribution to. national (social) welfare.