Define Fixed Costs and Variable Costs

question 85

Essay

Define fixed costs and variable costs. Provide an example of each.

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Definitions:

Direct Labor-Hours

The total number of labor hours worked by employees who are directly involved in the manufacturing process.

General Factory

An umbrella term referring to the physical location where manufacturing operations occur, encompassing all areas of production.

Activity Rate

A rate used in activity-based costing to allocate overhead costs to products or services, based on their consumption of activities.

Activity-Based Costing

An accounting method that assigns costs to products or services based on the activities required to produce or deliver them, providing more accurate product costing.