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 Maintenance Wages and salaries Depreciation Administrative expenses Rent Fixed Cost per Month $ 1,300 $4,200 $8,200 $1,900 $ 1,600 Cost per Car Washed $ 0.80 $ 0.07 $ 0.10 $ 0.30 $ 0.01 For example, electricity costs should be $1,300 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,300 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.50 per car washed. The actual operating results for August are as follows:
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 Maintenance Wages and salaries Depreciation Administrative expenses Rent Fixed Cost per Month $ 1,300 $4,200 $8,200 $1,900 $ 1,600 Cost per Car Washed $ 0.80 $ 0.07 $ 0.10 $ 0.30 $ 0.01 For example, electricity costs should be $1,300 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,300 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.50 per car washed. The actual operating results for August are as follows:
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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:
Cleaning supplies
Electricity
Maintenance
Wages and salaries
Depreciation
Administrative expenses
Rent
For example, electricity costs should be $1,300 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,300 cars in
August and to collect an average of $6.50 per car washed.
The actual operating results for August are as follows:
For
Actual cars washed
Revenue
Expenses:
Lavage Rapide
Income Statement
the Month Ended August 31
Cleaning supplies
Electricity
Maintenance
Wages and salaries
Depreciation
Rent
Cost per
Fixed Cost
per Month Car Washed
$0.80
$ 1,300
$ 0.07
$ 0.10
$ 4,200
$ 0.30
$ 8,200
$ 1,900
$ 1,600
Administrative expenses
Total expense
Net operating income
8,400
$ 56,050
$ 0.01
7,140
1,851
1,070
7,050
8,200
2,100
1,583
28,994
$ 27,056
Required:
Calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for August.
Note: 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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