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

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Dinham 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 March, the kennel budgeted for 2,000 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 2,040 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for March:Data used in budgeting: Actual results for March:
The spending variance for food and supplies in March would be closest to:

• A) $208 F
• B) $280 U
• C) $208 U
• D) $280 F

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