Arrasmith Corporation uses customers served as its measure of activity. During February, the company budgeted for 35,500 customers, but actually served 31,000 customers. The company uses the following revenue and cost formulas in its budgeting, where q is the number of customers served: Revenue: $4.00q Wages and salaries: $33,700 + $1.25g Supplies: $0.65q Insurance: $10,900 Miscellaneous expenses: $6,900 + $0.35q The company reported the following actual results for February: $129,800 $ 68,500 $ 14,900 $ 10,900 $ 20,200 Revenue Wages and salaries Supplies Insurance Miscellaneous expense Required: Prepare the company's flexible budget performance report for February. Label each variance as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). (Indicate the effect of each yariance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero
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![Required:
Prepare the company's flexible budget performance report for February. Label each variance as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).
(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.)
Arrasmith Corporation
Flexible Budget Performance Report
For the Month Ended February 28
Revenue and
Actual
Flexible
Activity
Spending
Variances
Planning
Budget
Results
Budget
Variances
Customers served
31,000
31,000
35,500
Revenue
Expenses:
Wages and salaries
Supplies
Insurance
Miscellaneous expense
Total expense
Net operating income](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ff5cb4fd2-55d3-4596-8ed2-be312d1023ca%2Fd3576e4d-cdab-4cc2-8365-7c69fe21f5ff%2Fuv7yc5_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
![Arrasmith Corporation uses customers served as its measure of activity. During February, the company budgeted for 35,500
customers, but actually served 31,000 customers. The company uses the following revenue and cost formulas in its budgeting, where
q is the number of customers served:
Revenue: $4.00q
Wages and salaries: $33,700 + $1.25q
Supplies: $0.65q
Insurance: $10,900
Miscellaneous expenses: $6,900 + $0.35q
The company reported the following actual results for February:
$129,800
$ 68,500
$ 14,900
$ 10,900
$ 20,200
Revenue
Wages and salaries
Supplies
Insurance
Miscellaneous expense
Required:
Prepare the company's flexible budget performance report for February. Label each variance as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).
(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.)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ff5cb4fd2-55d3-4596-8ed2-be312d1023ca%2Fd3576e4d-cdab-4cc2-8365-7c69fe21f5ff%2F1zbt8vh_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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