1, Mug Shots operates a chain of coffee shops. The company pays rent of $15,000 per year for each shop. Supplies (napkins, bags and condiments) are purchased as needed. The managers of each shop are paid a salary of $2,500 per month and all other employees are paid on an hourly basis. The cost of rent relative to the number of customers in a particular shop and relative to the number of customers in the entire chain of shops is which kind of cost, respectively?

Variable cost/fixed cost

Fixed cost/fixed cost

Fixed cost/variable cost

Variable cost/variable cost

2. During its first year of operations, Connor Company paid $50,000 for direct materials and $36,000 in wages for production workers. Lease payments and utilities on the production facilities amounted to $14,000. General, selling, and administrative expenses were $16,000. The company produced 5,000 units and sold 4,000 units for $30.00 a unit. The average cost to produce one unit is which of the following amounts?

$20.00

$16.00

$18.40

$25.00