Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 1 - Horizon Cleaners
Horizon Cleaners is an organic dry cleaner for clothing. The price for dry cleaning a shirt is $3.00, the price for pants is $3.50, and the price for dresses is $4.00. All clothes can be either washed or dry cleaned. Dry cleaned clothes can be hung or folded, and folded items cost an additional $0.50 per item.
The secondary decision for assigning the fee for folded clothes is to determine ____.
A) whether the customer is having a shirt, or pants, or a dress cleaned
B) when the customer will pick up the clothes
C) if the customer wants clothes hung or folded
D) if the customer wants clothes washed or dry cleaned

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The secondary decision for assigning the fee for folded clothes is to determine whether the customer wants clothes hung or folded. This is reflected in the additional fee of $0.50 per item for folded clothes, indicating that the customer has chosen to have their clothes folded instead of hung. The other options listed (A, B, and D) are not relevant to the decision of whether to charge an additional fee for folded clothes.