FIN 324 Week 4 Individual Assignment - Assignments from the Readings
- Discussion Questions 9-11, 16, and 18 (Ch. 15) of Accounting Concepts and Applications
- Practice Exercise 15-8, 15-12, and 15-14 (Ch. 15) of Accounting Concepts and Applications
- Exercise 15-23 (Ch. 15) of Accounting Concepts and Applications
- 9. How do variable costs and fixed costs differ? Give
- an example of each.
Variable and fixed cost differ in that variable cost change in proportion to change in activity levels of sales volumes for example. Where fixed cost remain constant regardless of activity level. An example of a variable cost would be the cost of a pair of shoes will remain the same at let’s say $45. per pair as more shoes are sold the variable cost would rise based on those sales. A fixed cost example would be the cost of your mortgage which is set at a certain rate of a period of times; lets say that your mortgage is $550. A month for 15 years is an example of a fixed cost.
