Fixed or Variable costs? can someone please help me determine which are fixed and which are variable?

Question

1. A processing and shipping fee applied for each purchase order

2. The salary of quality control experts, who inspect every batch

3. The cost to brew the beer (assuming this was business we are refering to)

4. The company outsources packaging (The packaging company bills us per package)

5. each product line has its own distinct portion of the production facility.

6. includes salary of the HR representative. The HR rep is in charge of maintaining individual employee files, training and educating all employees in relation to safety in the workplace, as well as informing employees of their benefits.

7. insurance for the production facility

Answer 1

1. Variable
2. Fixed
3. Variable
4. Variable
5. Fixed (Depreciation)
6. Fixed
7. Fixed

Answer 2

1, variable. Dependfs on # of PO's.
.2. Fixed. Paid the same rehardless of how many batches he inspects.
3. variable. How much is brewed? it varies. As it does, so does cost of ingredients.
4. Variable. How many packages? it varies.
5. Fixed. Cost of the plant and equipment is constant. Bulding vauled at 500,000.00?
Pro rate it.But, electric, for example vcaries month to month?
6. Fixed. He's paid so much a month, reghardless of how much work he does
7. Variable. While fire insurance may be the same, month afer month, workman's comp, for example, depends on payroll, which may vary,
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The answer to your questions may be fixed or variable, depending how you break it down. I tried to be specific, but in some cases, it's very difficult.
Hope this helps.