Below Is a List of Departments; You Are to Identify

question 2

Short Answer

Below is a list of departments; you are to identify each as either [1] a profit center or [2] a cost center.
-The housekeeping department for a hotel chain. ________

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Definitions:

Shutdown Point

The level of production and price at which a business's total revenue is equal to its total variable costs, making it indifferent between ceasing operations and continuing to produce.

Break-even

The point at which revenue received equals the costs associated with receiving the revenue, resulting in neither a profit nor a loss.

Profitable Output

The level of production at which a business or economic activity generates the highest amount of profit, balancing costs and revenues efficiently.

Market Price

The current price at which a good or service can be bought or sold in a marketplace, determined by the forces of supply and demand.