This Question: 1 pt 8 of 22 (7 complete) This Quiz: 25 pts possible What is target costing? O A. A method that allows companies to charge lower prices to customers to keep business going. It considers economic factors associated with creating value for customers and shareholders. OB. A method of cost allocation that focuses on allocating costs for products in the research, development, and engineering (RD&E) stage across the total life cycle of a product. It considers economic factors associated with creating value for customers and shareholders O C. A method of cost reduction that focuses on reducing costs for customers. It considers cost reductions during the development stage of a product life cycle, ignoring all other total-life-cycle costs. OD. A method of profit planning and cost reduction that focuses on reducing costs for products in the research, development and engineering (RD&E) stage of the total life cycle of a product. It considers all aspects of the value chain and explicitly recognizes total-life-cycle costs. Click to select your