At the conclusion of a business meeting in Brazil, David gave the A-OK sign to the people in the room. This hand gesture in America means OK, however, the Brazilians were embarrassed because in their culture the gesture is perceived as rude. This situation exemplifies how even simple differences in can cause misunderstandings in international relationships.

Caleb construction (cc) incurs supervisor salaries expense in the construction of homes. if cc manufactures 100 homes in a year, fixed supervisor salaries will be $400,000. with the current construction supervisors, cc's productive capacity is 150 homes in a year. however, if cc is contracts to build more than 150 homes per year, it will need to hire additional supervisors, which are hired as full-time rather than temporary employees. cc's productive capacity would then become 200 homes per year, and salaries expense would increase to $470,000. how would cc’s salaries expense be properly classified? fixed variable mixed stepped curvilinear