Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides estimates concerning the company's costs: Cleaning supplies Electricity Fixed Cost per Month $ 1.400 Cost per Car Washed $ 0.60 $0.07
Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides estimates concerning the company's costs: Cleaning supplies Electricity Fixed Cost per Month $ 1.400 Cost per Car Washed $ 0.60 $0.07
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Transcribed Image Text:Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table
provides estimates concerning the company's costs:
Fixed
Cost per
Month
Cost per
Car Washed
Cleaning supplies
$ 0.60
Electricity
$ 1,400
$ 0.07
Maintenance
$ 0.15
Wages and salaries
$ 4,600
$ 0.20
Depreciation
$ 8,200
Rent
$ 2,000
Administrative expenses
$ 1,400
$ 0.02
For example, electricity costs should be $1,400 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,100 cars in
August and to collect an average of $6.40 per car washed. The company actually washed 8,200 cars in August.
Required:
Calculate the company's 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.)
Lavage Rapide
Activity Variances
For the Month Ended August 31
Revenue
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies
Electricity
Maintenance
Wages and salaries
Depreciation
Rent
Administrative expenses
Total expense
Net operating income
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