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       $ 0.70 Electricity $ 1,300   $ 0.07 Maintenance       $ 0.20 Wages and salaries $ 4,500   $ 0.40 Depreciation $ 8,100       Rent $ 2,000       Administrative expenses $ 1,400   $ 0.05     For example, electricity costs should be $1,300 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,000 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.10 per car washed. Required: Prepare the company’s planning budget for August.

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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 estimates concerning the company’s costs:

 

  Fixed Cost
per Month
Cost per
Car Washed
Cleaning supplies       $ 0.70
Electricity $ 1,300   $ 0.07
Maintenance       $ 0.20
Wages and salaries $ 4,500   $ 0.40
Depreciation $ 8,100      
Rent $ 2,000      
Administrative expenses $ 1,400   $ 0.05
 

 

For example, electricity costs should be $1,300 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,000 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.10 per car washed.


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Prepare the company’s planning budget for August.

 

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