If Fixed Costs Increased and Variable Costs Per Unit Decreased

question 94

Multiple Choice

If fixed costs increased and variable costs per unit decreased, the break-even point would:

• A) increase
• B) decrease
• C) remain the same
• D) cannot be determined from the data provided

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Definitions:

Successive Approximations

A method of shaping behavior by rewarding actions that are progressively closer to the desired behavior.

Shaping

The process of reinforcing closer and closer approximations to a desired behavior in order to teach a new behavior.

Operant Conditioning

is a method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior.

Skinner Box

An experimental apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for studying behavioral conditioning in animals, typically through rewards and punishments.