Dinham kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. during march, the kennel budgeted for 3,800 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 3,830 tenant-days. the kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for march: data used in budgeting: fixed element per month variable element per tenant-day revenue - $ 34.70 wages and salaries $ 2,700 $ 7.70 food and supplies 1,700 14.20 facility expenses 8,200 3.20 administrative expenses 6,700 0.20 total expenses $ 19,300 $ 25.30 actual results for march: revenue $ 120,321 wages and salaries $ 28,570 food and supplies $ 56,975 facility expenses $ 19,989 administrative expenses $ 7,097 the revenue variance for march would be closest to

Lavage rapide is a canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near montreal. the following table provides data concerning the company’s costs: fixed cost per month cost per car washed cleaning supplies $ 0.70 electricity $ 1,400 $ 0.07 maintenance $ 0.15 wages and salaries $ 4,900 $ 0.30 depreciation $ 8,300 rent $ 1,900 administrative expenses $ 1,400 $ 0.03 for example, electricity costs are $1,400 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. the company expects to wash 8,000 cars in august and to collect an average of $6.50 per car washed. the actual operating results for august appear below. lavage rapide income statement for the month ended august 31 actual cars washed 8,100 revenue $ 54,100 expenses: cleaning supplies 6,100 electricity 1,930 maintenance 1,440 wages and salaries 7,660 depreciation 8,300 rent 2,100 administrative expenses 1,540 total expense 29,070 net operating income $ 25,030 required: calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for august.

Label each of the following statements true, false, or uncertain. explain your choice carefully. a. workers benefit equally from the process of creative destruction. b. in the past two decades, the real wages of low-skill u.s. workers have declined relative to the real wages of high-skill workers. c. technological progress leads to a decrease in employment if, and only if, the increase in output is smaller than the increase in productivity. d. the apparent decrease in the natural rate of unemployment in the united states in the second-half of the 1990s can be explained by the fact that productivity growth was unexpectedly high during that period.

You’ve decided to buy a new computer that costs $1,500. but best buy will let you take the computer home without making paying the full price immediately. rather, best buy will let you pay $500 now, and $500 at the end of each of the next two years. if the interest rate is 5%, how much do you need today to make sure you can make all the payments to best buy?