Choose the Word or Phrase in [ ] Which Will

question 110

Short Answer

Choose the word or phrase in [ ] which will correctly complete the statement. Select A for the first item, B for the second item, and C if neither item will correctly complete the statement.
-In the year after the Credit Card Act of 2009 was passed,there was a(n)[increase | decrease] in the use of debit cards relative to credit cards.

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Definitions:

Variable Cost

Variable costs vary directly with the level of production output and can include expenses like raw materials and labor directly involved in a product's manufacturing.

Fixed Costs

Fixed costs are those business expenses that remain constant regardless of the level of production or sales, such as rent, salaries, and insurance.

Operating Leverage

A measure of how revenue growth translates into growth in operating income, indicating the proportion of fixed to variable costs in a company's cost structure.

Break-even Point

The point at which total revenues equal total costs, resulting in neither profit nor loss.