Elephantiasis is a symptom of a variety of diseases, where parts of a person's body swell to massive proportions. Elephantiasis tropica or lymphatic filariasis, caused by a number of parasitic worms, particularly Wuchereria bancrofti. More than 120 million people, mostly in Africa and Southeast Asia, are affected.
The relevant range of operations is the normal or average scope of business activities. In the other words, the relevant range of operations is the average volume of sales and production that a business experiences outside of extreme economic prosperity and depression.
Relevant costs are those costs that will make a difference in a decision. Relevant costs are future costs that will differ among alternatives. We can demonstrate relevant costs with the following situation. A company is deciding whether or not to eliminate a product line.