Identify each of the following costs in terms of its cost behavior—variable, fixed, mixed, or step.
- The cost of coffee beans at a Starbucks shop
- Depreciation of airplanes at Southwest Airlines
- Nurses” wages at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, assuming a ratio of one nurse to every five patients
- Electricity cost at a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts store
- The cost of hard drives installed in computers built by Dell
- Store managers” salaries at Barnes and Noble bookstores
- Actors” wages and salaries at Paramount Studios, when the star is paid a base amount plus a percentage of box office receipts
- The cost of fabric used in making shirts at Lands” End
- The cost of cookies provided to guests at check-in at Doubletree Hotels
- The cost of a national advertising campaign for Burger King