TABLE 11-5 A Hotel Chain Has Identically Sized Resorts in 5 Locations

question 28

Short Answer

TABLE 11-5
A hotel chain has identically sized resorts in 5 locations. The data that follow resulted from analyzing the hotel occupancies on randomly selected days in the 5 locations.
-Referring to Table 11-5, the value of MSA is ________ while MSW is ________.

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Definitions:

Variable Expenses

Costs that change in proportion to the level of business activity or production volume.

Fixed Expenses

Fixed expenses are costs that do not change in the short term regardless of the level of production or sales, such as rent, salaries, and insurance premiums.

Margin Of Safety

The excess of budgeted (or actual) dollar sales over the break-even dollar sales.

Variable Expenses

Expenses that fluctuate based on the level of a company's operations.