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.
The acre is a unit of land commonly employed within North America and the Caribbean. It is equal to 4,047 square metres or 43,560 square feet. This measurement is roughly equivalent to 40 per cent of a hectare. Interestingly enough, the acre can trace its roots back to mediaeval times.