Each of Boggart's Production Managers (Annual Salary Cost, $45,000) Can

question 55

Multiple Choice

Each of Boggart's production managers (annual salary cost, $45,000) can oversee 60,000 machine hours of manufacturing activity. Thus, if the company has 50,000 hours of manufacturing activity, one manager is needed; for 75,000 hours, two managers are needed; for 125,000 hours, three managers are needed; and so forth. Boggart's salary cost can best be described as a:

• A) variable cost.
• B) semivariable cost.
• C) step-variable cost.
• D) fixed cost.
• E) step-fixed cost.

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