A cost-analysis document summarized the fixed and variable costs of three components - production, delivery, and support - of a distance education program. Production costs included equipment like cameras, displays, and computers totaling $1650 in fixed costs. Delivery costs included a network connection, encoding/decoding unit, and software totaling $700 in fixed costs and $200 in variable costs per student. Support costs included administration, maintenance, technical support, and staff salaries totaling $1300 in fixed costs. With 100 students, the total average cost per student was calculated to be $1523.5.

1. A cost-analysis of a distance education program.
Cost
Fixed variable
Production
a camera 400
a video display 350
microphone 100
speakers 200
Computer 600
Total 1650
Delivery
network connection 200
Encoding/Decoding unit 300
iVisit software 400
Total 700 200
Support
Office administration 300
maintenance 350
technical support 250
Stuff salary 400
Total 1300
Total 2350 1500
Number of students(N) 100
Total cost (AC(N)=F/n+V) 1523.5
Done by:
Fatma Al-Shehhi
Muna Al-Dhouri