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

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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 facility expenses in the flexible budget for January would be closest to:

• A) $14,157
• B) $14,712
• C) $15,170
• D) $15,062

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Definitions:

Necessities

Basic needs essential for maintaining life, such as food, water, shelter, and clothing, which take precedence over other types of spending.

Elasticity Coefficient

A measure used to show the responsiveness of the quantity demanded or supplied to a change in one of its determinants, like price or income.

Supply

A schedule or curve that shows the various amounts of a product that producers are willing and able to make available for sale at each of a series of possible prices during a specified period of time.

Elastic

A characteristic of a good or service indicating that its quantity demanded or supplied changes significantly when there is a change in price.