Answer the Following Questions Using the Information Below:
Hewitt Sporting

question 115

Multiple Choice

Answer the following questions using the information below:
Hewitt Sporting Goods Store is a small company that has hired you to perform some management advisory services.The following information pertains to 2018 operations.
$\begin{array}{lr}\text { Sales (2000 cricket bats) } & \$ 900000 \\\text { Cost of goods sold } & 400000 \\\text { Store manager's salary per year } & 70000 \\\text { Operating costs per year } & 157000 \\\text { Advertising and promotion per year } & 15000 \\\text { Commissions ( } 4 \% \text { of sales) } & 36000\end{array}$
-What were total fixed costs for 2018?

• A)$227 000
• B)$678 000
• C)$242 000
• D)$436 000

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Definitions:

Units

A measure of quantity, often used in production and inventory to describe the number of individual items.

Step-Variable Cost

Costs that change in identifiable steps with changes in activity, increasing with each step rather than continuously.

Fixed Cost

Costs that do not vary with the level of production or sales volume, such as rent, salaries, and insurance.

Mixed Cost

A cost that contains both variable and fixed cost components, changing in total with levels of activity but not proportionately.