A Lease for a Store Calls for a Base Monthly

question 99

True/False

A lease for a store calls for a base monthly rent of $1,500 up to $10,000 of sales with a possible additional monthly cost of 2% of sales over $10,000. The rent is a fixed cost for the month for a relevant range of zero to $10,000 sales.

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Definitions:

Mixed Cost

A cost consisting of both fixed and variable components, changing in total with the level of activity but remaining constant on a per unit basis only up to a certain level of activity.

Activity

A measure of actions or operations within a process, often used to allocate costs in activity-based costing.

Per Unit

A term referring to the cost, price, or quantity related to one unit of a product or service.

Contribution Margin

The difference between sales revenue and variable costs, indicating how much revenue contributes towards covering fixed costs and generating profit.