Green Acres Company Provides Home Health Care

question 74

Multiple Choice

Green Acres Company provides home health care. Green Acres charges $35 per hour for professional care. Variable casts are $21 per hour and fixed costs are $78,000. Next year, Green Acres expects to charge out 12,000 hours of home health care.
-Refer to the Figure.What is the break-even point in hours (rounded to the nearest whole hour) ?

• A)1,393
• B)2,229
• C)3,714
• D)5,571

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Adverse Supply Shock

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Short-Run Aggregate-Supply Curve

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Short-Run Phillips Curve

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