A number of costs and measures of activity are listed below. Cost DescriptionPossible Measure of Activity1.Cost of vaccine used at a clinicVaccines administered2.Building rent at a taco shopDollar sales3.Salary of production manager at a snowboard manufacturerSnowboards produced4.Cost of electricity for production equipment at a snowboard manufacturerSnowboards produced5.Ferry captain's salary on a regularly scheduled passenger ferryNumber of passengers6.Cost of glue used in furniture productionUnits produced7.Janitorial wages at a snowboard manufacturerSnowboards produced8.Depreciation on factory building at a snowboard manufacturerSnowboards produced9.Cost of advertising at a snowboard companySnowboards sold10.Cost of shipping bags of fertilizer to a customer at a chemical plantBags
shippedRequired:For each item above, indicate whether the cost is MAINLY fixed or variable with respect to the possible measure of activity listed next to it.
What will be an ideal response?
1. | Cost of vaccine used at a clinic; Vaccines administered; Variable |
2. | Building rent at a taco shop; Dollar sales; Fixed |
3. | Salary of production manager at a snowboard manufacturer; Snowboards produced; |
Fixed
4. | Cost of electricity for production equipment at a snowboard manufacturer; |
Snowboards produced; Variable
5. | Ferry captain's salary on a regularly scheduled passenger ferry; Number of passengers; |
Fixed
6. | Cost of glue used in furniture production; Units produced; Variable |
7. | Janitorial wages at a snowboard manufacturer; Snowboards produced; Fixed |
8. | Depreciation on factory building at a snowboard manufacturer; Snowboards |
produced; Fixed
9. | Cost of advertising at a snowboard company; Snowboards sold; Fixed |
10. | Cost of shipping bags of fertilizer to a customer at a chemical plant; Bags shipped; |
Variable
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