Batch Co. employs knowledge workers and is finding that its employees are retiring closer to age 75 than to age 65. As a result, they recently amended their defined benefit pension plan such that benefits will begin at age 72, with certain exceptions for those employees demonstrating an earlier need, instead of at age 60. Batch Co. has been able to measure the actuarial present value of this amendment, which is the change in the projected benefit obligation (PBO) that results from the change. How will this affect pension expense in current and future periods?

Which sentence in the passage refers to the "analysis" of a given problem? jeremy is the production manager in a manafacturing company. he has identified a problem in the production process. he has estimated that the problem would lead to a loss of $10,000 and would require time to resolve. further, he has also identified the source of the problem to be the outdated machinery, which might require major repair, if not immediate replacement. finally, jeremy has also divided the problem into smaller parts, such as production costs, overheads, downtime expense, repair expenditure, and so on.