Chaffee Corporation Staffs a Helpline to Answer Questions from Customers

question 76

Multiple Choice

Chaffee Corporation staffs a helpline to answer questions from customers. The costs of operating the helpline are variable with respect to the number of calls in a month. At a volume of 33,000 calls in a month, the costs of operating the helpline total $742,500.
-To the nearest whole dollar,what should be the total cost of operating the helpline costs at a volume of 34,800 calls in a month? (Assume that this call volume is within the relevant range. )

• A)$742,500
• B)$783,000
• C)$704,095
• D)$762,750

Understand the fundamental concepts of actual authority and how it enables agents to bind principals in contracts.

Grasp the principle of estoppel and its impact on the liability of principals based on the reasonable beliefs of third parties.

Distinguish between the necessity of disclosing a principal’s identity during contract negotiation and the consequences of nondisclosure.

Comprehend the process of ratification and its applicability in binding principals to unauthorized acts.

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Definitions:

Psychodynamic Perspective

A theoretical framework in psychology that emphasizes the role of unconscious processes and childhood experiences in shaping behavior and personality.

Aggression

Behaviors or actions carried out with the intent to harm someone either physically or psychologically, often manifested as a response to frustration or threat.

Unconscious

A part of the mind that is inaccessible to the conscious mind but that affects behavior and emotions.

Electra Complex

A psychoanalytic theory describing a girl's sense of competition with her mother for the affection and attention of her father.