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Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates alarge automatic carwash facility near Montreal. The following tableprovides data concerning the company’s costs:

Fixed Costs Per MonthCost Per Car Washed
Cleaning Supplies.70
Electricity1,100.09
Maintenance.15
Wages And Salary4,600.30
Depreciation8,100
Rent2,000
Admin. Expense1,300.04

For example, electricity costs are $1,100 per month plus $0.09per car washed. The company expected to wash 8,300 cars in Augustand 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 washed8,400   
  Revenue$56,050   
  Expenses:
      Cleaning supplies6,310   
      Electricity1,817   
      Maintenance1,485   
      Wages and salaries7,450   
      Depreciation8,100   
      Rent2,200   
      Administrativeexpenses1,532   
  Total expense28,894   
  Net operating income$27,156   

Compute the company's revenue and spending variances for August.(Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" forfavorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e.,zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

  

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LAVAGE RIPIDE
Revenue and Spending variance
for the month ended August 31
Expected Budgeted Variance
Car Wash (Units)                   8,300                  8,400                    (100)
Revenues   $      53,950.00 $      56,050.00 $ 2,100.00 U
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies $         5,810.00 $        6,310.00 $ 500.00 U
Electricity $         1,847.00 $        1,817.00 $ 30.00 F
Maintenance $         1,245.00 $        1,485.00 $ 240.00 U
Wages & Salaries $         7,090.00 $        7,450.00 $ 360.00 U
Depreciation $         8,100.00 $        8,100.00 $ 0.00 None
Rent $         2,000.00 $        2,200.00 $ 200.00 U
Administrative expense $         1,632.00 $        1,532.00 $ 100.00 F
Total expenses $      27,724.00 $      28,894.00 $ 1,170.00 U
Net Operating Income $      26,226.00 $      27,156.00 $ 930.00 U

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