High-tech automation combined with a downsizing of a company's hourly labor force often results in:
A. increased fixed costs and increased variable costs.
B. increased fixed costs and reduced variable costs.
C. reduced fixed costs and increased variable costs.
D. reduced fixed costs and reduced variable costs.
E. increased discretionary fixed costs and reduced committed fixed costs.
Answer: B. increased fixed costs and reduced variable costs.
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