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 revenue variance in the Revenue and Spending Variances column of a report comparing actual results to the flexible budget for March would have been closest to:

• A) $21,500 U
• B) $2,100 U
• C) $21,500 F
• D) $2,100 F

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Definitions:

APC

The abbreviation for Average Propensity to Consume, which is the fraction of income that is spent on consumption rather than saved.

Marginal Propensity

This term explains the tendency of an individual or household to spend an additional unit of currency. For example, the marginal propensity to consume indicates how much consumption will increase with an additional dollar earned.

Disposable Income

The residual financial resources for households to use in saving and spending post paying income taxes.

Savings Rate

The Savings Rate is the percentage of income that is not spent on consumption but instead saved for future expenses, investments, or emergencies.