If a Company Changes from a Labor-Intensive System That Incurs

question 19

True/False

If a company changes from a labor-intensive system that incurs significant hourly wage cost to an automated system that increases fixed cost,the total cost line on the company's cost-volume-profit graph will shift up and have a steeper slope.

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