Brong Corporation Is a Shipping Container Refurbishment Company That Measures

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Multiple Choice

Brong Corporation is a shipping container refurbishment company that measures its output by the number of containers refurbished. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results of operations for March. When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of March, it assumed that 22 containers would have been refurbished. However, 18 containers were actually refurbished during March.The spending variance for "Employee salaries and wages" for March would have been closest to:

• A) $3,300 U
• B) $3,300 F
• C) $300 U
• D) $300 F

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Definitions:

Price-earnings Ratio

A valuation metric for stocks, calculated by dividing the current market price of a stock by its earnings per share (EPS).

Debt-to-equity Ratio

A financial ratio indicating the relative proportion of shareholders' equity and debt used to finance a company's assets, typically used to assess leverage and financial health.

Times Interest

A financial ratio, also known as interest coverage ratio, that measures a company's ability to meet its interest payments on outstanding debt.

Equity Multiplier

A financial leverage ratio that measures the proportion of a company's assets that are financed by stockholders' equity.