Oscar has negotiated a lease for his sporting goods store in which he is required to pay $2,500 per month in rent. oscar pays his staff $9 per hour to sell sporting goods and his monthly electricity bill averages $700, depending on his total hours of operation. oscar's fixed costs per month equal:

The Oscar's fixed costs per month is $2,500

Explanation:

Fixed cost: The fixed cost is that cost in which the amount is remain fixed whether production level change or not, that means it does not have any effect on the production level.

In the given question,

Monthly rent is $2,500 which is fixed so, it would be considered as fixed cost

The per hour pay and electrical bill depend upon the total hours of operation which means if the more hours, the workers are engaged so more pay will be give to them, and more electricity bill come.

And if they are working few hours, than less rate and less electrical bill will be there which reflects the variable cost. So, these cost are considered variable cost. Thu, it would not be included in the fixed cost.

Hence, Oscar's fixed costs per month is $2,500

answer; correct answer is investing activity;

the answer would be voluntary exchange -

"the act of buyers and sellers freely and willingly engaging in market transactions. moreover, transactions are made in such a way that both the buyer and the seller are better off after the exchange than before it occurred."

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-shy