Managers are most likely to increase the profitability of their firm by pursuing strategies that: a) add value to the firm's productsb) increase costsc) enable the firm to reduce the depth of its product lined) allow the firm to sell less products in existing marketse) allow the firm to exit from relatively new markets

Option A

Explanation: Profitability refers to the ability of a firm to generate profits with certain resources and within certain time period. If the firm's  managers wants to increase the ability of the firm to generate profits they must increase value of the products offered.

If there comes a value addition, customers will find that commodity more useful which will increase its demand leading to higher profitability. Hence option A is correct.

there's 11 people for the 1st position. then, no matter who gets it, there's only 10 left for the second, and then 9 left for the third. 11 x 10 x 9 = 990.   the answer is there are 990 different ways the positions can be filled by these applicants