What are variable cost in a company?

Answer 1

a cost that in total increases when the company increases its output and decreases when the company reduced its output

Answer 2

Variable costs are expenses that change in direct proportion to the activity of a business. Along with fixed costs, variable costs make up the two components of total cost. Direct Costs, however, are costs that can be associated with a particular cost object. Not all variable costs are direct costs, however; for example, variable manufacturing overhead costs are variable costs that are not a direct costs, but indirect costs.

Answer 3

labor and materials.