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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 companys costs:

	Fixed Cost per Month			Cost per Car Washed
Cleaning supplies				$	0.50
Electricity	$	1,200		$	0.09
Maintenance				$	0.10
Wages and salaries	$	4,600		$	0.20
Depreciation	$	8,200
Rent	$	1,900
Administrative expenses	$	1,500		$	0.02

For example, electricity costs are $1,200 per month plus $0.09 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,200 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.70 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		8,300
Revenue	$	57,040
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies		4,600
Electricity		1,908
Maintenance		1,060
Wages and salaries		6,600
Depreciation		8,200
Rent		2,100
Administrative expenses		1,564
Total expense		26,032
Net operating income	$	31,008

Required:

Prepare a flexible budget performance report that shows the companys revenue and spending variances and activity 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.)

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