A variable cost is a constant amount per unit produced or used. Therefore, the total amount of the variable cost will change proportionately with volume or activity. Generally, a product's direct materials are a variable cost. To illustrate, let's assume that a bakery uses one pound of flour at a cost of $0.70 per pound for every loaf of bread it produces.
Most sports fields are one hectare in size. The Apple Bowl in Kelowna for instance is a 400 m running track and the grassy area inside is 1.12 hectares. The international rugby field pictured above is very close to one hectare in size, it is actually 1.0008 hectares. A perfect square is 100 meters by 100 meters is a hectare. An acre is about 0.4047 hectare and one hectare contains about 2.47 acres.
more ... A hectare is a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters. Usually used to measure land. A square 100 meters on each side has an area of 1 hectare. 1 ha = 2.47 Acres approximately.