Hubbard Kennel Uses Tenant-Days as Its Measure of Activity; an Animal

question 106

Multiple Choice

Hubbard Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. During January, the kennel budgeted for 2,100 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 2,060 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for January: Data used in budgeting:
Actual results for January:
The wages and salaries in the planning budget for January would be closest to:

• A) $17,282
• B) $17,618
• C) $17,420
• D) $17,132

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