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Fixed Cost: Fixed costs refer to the costs involved in the production that remain the same and do not change irrespective of changes in the volume of production.
Variable Cost: Variable costs refer to the costs involved in the production, which vary as per the changes in the volume of production.
To Explain: Investor Services and Institutional Services as referred to in a brokerage company like Company CS.
b)
To Enlist: The examples for variable cost and fixed cost in investor services segment.
c)
To Estimate: The contribution margin for each segment, assuming that
d)
To Estimate: The decline in operating income if Company CS decides to the sell the Institutional services business.
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