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Author: Libby
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Peak Apparel Co. manufactures a variety of clothing types for distribution to several major retail chains. The following costs are incurred in the production and sale of blue jeans:

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Identify each cost listed below as a variable cost, fixed cost, or mixed cost.

a. Shipping boxes used to ship orders  
b. Consulting fee of $200,000 paid to industry specialist for marketing advice  
c. Straight-line depreciation on sewing machines  
d. Salesperson’s salary, $10,000 plus 2% of the total sales  
e. Fabric  
f. Dye  
g. Thread  
h. Salary of designers  
i. Brass buttons  
j. Legal fees paid to attorneys in defense of the company in a patent infringement suit, $50,000 plus $87 per hour  
k. Insurance premiums on property, plant, and equipment, $70,000 per year plus $5 per $30,000 of insured value over $8,000,000  
l. Rental costs of warehouse, $5,000 per month plus $4 per square foot of storage used  
m. Supplies  
n. Leather for patches identifying the brand on individual pieces of apparel  
o. Rent on plant equipment, $50,000 per year  
p. Salary of production vice president  
q. Janitorial services, $2,200 per month  
r. Wages of machine operators  
s. Electricity costs of $0.10 per kilowatt-hour  
t. Property taxes on property, plant, and equipment  
 
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