A City Wants to Raise Revenues to Build a New

question 132

Multiple Choice

A city wants to raise revenues to build a new municipal swimming pool next year.The mayor suggests that the city raise the price of admission to the current municipal pools this year to raise revenues.The city manager suggests that the city lower the price of admission to raise revenues.Who is correct?

• A)the mayor
• B)the city manager
• C)The answer depends on the price elasticity of demand.
• D)The answer depends on the costs of construction of the new municipal swimming pool.

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Definitions:

Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance

A measure of the efficiency with which variable overhead resources are utilized, calculated by comparing the actual usage against the budgeted or standard usage.

Standard Price

A predetermined cost assigned to materials, labor, and overhead used in budgeting and variance analysis.

Direct Materials

Components that are directly associated with the creation of a product and form a crucial part of the completed item.

Materials Quantity Variance

The difference between the actual quantity of materials used in production and the standard quantity allowed for the actual output, multiplied by the standard price per unit of materials.