Classify each of the following costs as fixed or variable:

a$.$ Cost of French fries used at a McDonald's restaurant

Variable

b$.$ Hourly wages paid to cashiers at The Home Depot

Variable

c$.$ Monthly sugar costs for The Hershey Company

Variable

Cost of fuel used by Old Dominion Freight Line, a national trucking

d$.$ company.

e$.$ Shipping costs at

Amazon.com

Variable

Variable

f$.$ Monthly rent for Onyx Nail Bar, a nail salon in Dallas, Texas

g$.$ Sales commissions at Tampa Honda in Florida

Fixed

Monthly insurance costs for the building housing the administrative offices

Variable

h$.$ of Panera Bread in St$.$ Louis, Missouri

Fixed

Monthly depreciation of equipment used in the customer service

i$.$ department at Klaben Ford Lincolif, a car dealership in Kent, Ohio

Fixed

j$.$ Cost of rubber used to manufacture L$.$L$.$ Bean boots

Variable

k$.$ Cost of oranges sold at a Kroger's grocery store

I. Monthly office lease costs for the Portland office of E&Y$,$ a global audit firm

m$.$ Monthly cost of coffee at a Dunkin' Donuts store

n$.$ Property taxes for an Applebees' Neighborhood Grill & Bar

o$.$ Depreciation of exercise equipment at an LA Fitness club