Why are accountants concerned about product life cycles?

A$.$ The product life cycle does not impact how accountants does their job.

B$.$ Information that is relevant for decisions about a product depends on the product's life$-$cycle stage. Therefore, to prepare and interpret

information, accountants should be aware of the current stage of a product's life cycle.

C$.$ Accountants are only interested in the actual results $($sales$,$ expenses, etc.$).$ Therefore, they are only interested in two stages of the product's

life cycle$-$introduction into the market and maturation of the market.

D$.$ Information received from the mature market stage of the product's life cycle is the only stage that interests an accountant. This stage helps

the accountant to prepare more accurate budgets.