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.

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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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