What is a segment and provide examples of segmentsSolutionAn

What is a segment and provide examples of segments?

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Meaning of Segment

Segment is considered as the piece / part/line of the company for which management seeks data like revenue ,cost and profit of the segment. Every segment has separate financial information or separate financial statement with separate management strategy. Segment are based on different geographic,diffrent line of business or different departmental.

Example of segment