Joyce Hardman is trying to decide which of two different kinds of candy to sell in her retail candy store. One type is a name-brand candy that will practically sell itself. The other candy is cheaper to purchase but does not carry an identifiable brand name. Ms. Hardman believes that she will have to incur significant advertising costs to sell this candy. Several cost items for the two types of candy are as follows.

Required
Identify each cost as being relevant or irrelevant to Ms. Hardman's decision and indicate whether it is fixed or variable relative to the number of boxessold.

Brandless Candy Name-Brand Candy S 4.00 Cost per box Cost per box Sales commissions per box Rent of display space Advertising 0.50 1,500.00 3,000.00 Sales commissions per box Rent of display space Advertising S 6.00 1.00 1,500.00 2,000.00