Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9780078025631
Author: Ray H Garrison, Eric Noreen, Peter C. Brewer Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 9, Problem 5F15
Adger Corporation is a service company that measures its output based on the number of customers served. The company provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results for May as shown below:
When preparing its planning budget the company estimated that it would serve 30 customers per month: however, during May the company actually served 35 customers.
Required(all computations pertain to the month of May):
5.What net operating income would appear in Adger’s flexible budget?
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Adger Corporation is a service company that measures its output based on the number of customers served. The
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Fixed Element
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When preparing its planning budget, the company estimated it would serve 30 customers per month; however, during May
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Rients 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.
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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 spending variance for “Employee salaries and wages” for October would have been closest to:
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A. $700 F
B. $5,800 U
C. $700 U
D. $5,800 F
Rients 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
Fixed
Element per
Element per
Customer
Actual Total
Month
Served
for October
$ 4,100
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$ 700
$ 182,900
$ 98,800
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Employee salaries and wages
Travel expenses
$ 42,300
Other expenses
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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 spending variance for "Travel expenses" for October would have been closest to:
Chapter 9 Solutions
Managerial Accounting
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Ch. 9 - 9-11 What assumption is implicitly made about cost...Ch. 9 - The Excel worksheet form that appears below is to...Ch. 9 - The Excel worksheet form that appears below is to...Ch. 9 - Adger Corporation is a service company that...Ch. 9 - Prob. 2F15Ch. 9 - Prob. 3F15Ch. 9 - Adger Corporation is a service company that...Ch. 9 - Adger Corporation is a service company that...Ch. 9 - Adger Corporation is a service company that...Ch. 9 -
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EXERCISE 9-3 Revenue and Spending Variances...Ch. 9 - Prob. 4ECh. 9 - Prob. 5ECh. 9 - EXERCISE 9-6 Critique a Variance ReportLO9-6 The...Ch. 9 - Prob. 7ECh. 9 - EXERCISE 9-8 Flexible Budgets and Activity...Ch. 9 - Fixed Cost...Ch. 9 - ...Ch. 9 -
EXERCISE 9-11 Flexible Budget L09-1
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EXERCISE 9-14 Prepare a Flexible Budget...Ch. 9 - Prob. 15ECh. 9 -
EXERCISE 9-16 Flexible Budgets and Revenue and...Ch. 9 - EXERCISE 9-17 Flexible Budget Performance Report...Ch. 9 - Prob. 18ECh. 9 - Prob. 19PCh. 9 -
PROBLEM 9-20 Activity and Spending Variances...Ch. 9 - Prob. 21PCh. 9 - Prob. 22PCh. 9 - Prob. 23PCh. 9 -
PROBLEM 9-24 Critiquing a Report; Preparing a...Ch. 9 -
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