Needstested spending A. is always increasing regardless of whether we are in an expansion or a recession. B. cannot be changed unless the government changes the spending laws. C. does not change with the level of economic activity. D. decreases in recessions and increases in expansions. E. increases in recessions and decreases in expansions.

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