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What would be the impact on a firm's profits by increasing its Operating Leverage if:
- the firm was operating to the right of its break-even point?
- the firm was operating to the left of its break-even point?

What is meant by Operating Leverage? Give a specific example of how a firm could increase its operating leverage.

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What would be the impact on a firm's profits by increasing its Operating Leverage if:
- the firm was operating to the right of its break-even point?
- the firm was operating to the left of its break-even point?

What is meant by Operating Leverage? Give a specific example of how a firm could increase its operating leverage.
Operating leverage is a measure of the extent to which, fixed operating costs are being used in an organization. (DWC)
Operating leverage is use of fixed costs by the firm in the operations. The ...

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