Rice Corporation is a service company that measures its output by the number of customers served. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results of operations for October. Variable. Revenue Emp. salaries & wages Travel expenses Other expenses Fixed Element per Month $42,300 $31,500 Element per Customer Serviced $4,100 $1,300 $700 Actual Total for October $182,900. $98,800 $30,500 $31,900 When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of October, it assumed that 39 customers would have been served. However, 44 customers were actually served during October. The revenue variance for October would have been closest to:

Rice Corporation is a service company that measures its output by the number of customers served. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results of operations for October. Variable. Revenue Emp. salaries & wages Travel expenses Other expenses Fixed Element per Month $42,300 $31,500 Element per Customer Serviced $4,100 $1,300 $700 Actual Total for October $182,900. $98,800 $30,500 $31,900 When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of October, it assumed that 39 customers would have been served. However, 44 customers were actually served during October. The revenue variance for October would have been closest to:

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