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If you opened a restaurant, would you be providing a tangible product or an intangible service? Explain your answer.
 
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Question 2

A break-even analysis expresses when the volume of sales exactly covers the fixed costs.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false


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Answer to Question 1

Both. The food that is consumed by the customer is a tangible product. The service provided by wait staff, the quality and speed of the delivery of food, the friendliness of all staff, the atmosphere of the dining room, and all the things that are part of the experience of dining at a particular restaurant are intangible in nature.

Answer to Question 2

TRUE



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