Sarah is considering the start-up of a residential cleaning business. She can buy a used car for

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Sarah is considering the start-up of a residential cleaning business. She can buy a used car for $8000. She has a friend who will work for her. Based on her research, Sarah believes she can charge $90 to clean an average-sized family home. Sarah expects most of her clients will be local, and estimates that the round-trip driving distance associated with each job will average 10 kilometres. She has estimated the following expenses:

Cleaning supplies

$10/home

Cell phone

$80/month

Advertising

$75/month

Friend's wages

$30/home

Sarah's wages

$1500/month

Business licence

$150/year

Car insurance and licence

$1500/year

Fuel

$75 every 500 km

Oil changes

$50 every 5000 km

Tires

$500 every 100,000 km

Business liability insurance

$600/year

Depreciation

$150 per 1000 km


a. Classify the costs into two categories-fixed costs and variable costs.

b. Determine values for FC, the (total) monthly fixed costs, and VC, the variable costs per home.

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