Kolstad Clinic Uses Patient-Visits as Its Measure of Activity

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Essay

Kolstad Clinic uses patient-visits as its measure of activity. During September, the clinic budgeted for 2,200 patient-visits, but its actual level of activity was 2,600 patient-visits. The clinic uses the following revenue and cost formulas in its budgeting, where q is the number of patient-visits:Revenue: $61.70qPersonnel expenses: $39,000 + $16.10qMedical supplies: $1,300 + $11.90qOccupancy expenses: $8,200 + $2.20qAdministrative expenses: $5,900 + $0.20qThe clinic reported the following actual results for September:
Required:Prepare a report showing the clinic's revenue and spending variances for September. Label each variance as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

Understand how counters interact with PLC programming instructions (e.g., RES instruction).

Distinguish between the Count Up (CU) and Count Down (CD) operations in counters.

Recognize and interpret the significance of key parameters in counter instructions (e.g., Preset, Accum).

Describe how counter values are maintained or reset based on rung conditions.

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