Prestridge Corporation Is a Service Company That Measures Its Output

question 67

Multiple Choice

Prestridge 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 August. When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of August, it assumed that 31 customers would have been served. However, 29 customers were actually served during August.
The activity variance for net operating income for August would have been closest to:

• A) $5,200 F
• B) $4,100 U
• C) $5,200 U
• D) $4,100 F

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Definitions:

Elastic

In economics, elasticity refers to the degree to which demand or supply responds to changes in price. High elasticity means a significant change in quantity with a small change in price.

Unit-elastic

A situation in which the percentage change in quantity demanded is equal to the percentage change in price, indicating a unitary elasticity of demand.

Labor Demand

Refers to the quantity of workers that employers are willing to hire at a given wage rate.

Rapidly Declining

This term describes a situation where values, prices, or quantities are decreasing quickly over a period of time.