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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 $ $0\mathrm{.}60$

Electricity $ $1,300$ $ $0\mathrm{.}06$

Maintenance $ $0\mathrm{.}20$

Wages and salaries $ $4,300$ $ $0\mathrm{.}40$

Depreciation $ $8,400$

Rent $ $2,000$

Administrative expenses $ $1,500$ $ $0\mathrm{.}04$

For example, electricity costs are $$1,300$ per month plus $$0\mathrm{.}06$ per car washed. The company expects to wash $8,400$ cars in August and to collect an average of $$6\mathrm{.}80$ per car washed.

The actual operating results for August are as follows:

Lavage Rapide

Income Statement

For the Month Ended August $31$

Actual cars washed $8,500$

Revenue $ $59,220$

Expenses:

Cleaning supplies $5,540$

Electricity $1,774$

Maintenance $1,920$

Wages and salaries $8,020$

Depreciation $8,400$

Rent $2,200$

Administrative expenses $1,736$

Total expense $29,590$

Net operating income $ $29,630$

Required:

Calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for August. $($Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting $"$F$"$ for favorable, $"$U$"$ for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect $($i$.$e$.,$ zero variance$).$ Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round intermediate calculations.$)$

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