Wesolick Clinic Uses Client-Visits as Its Measure of Activity

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Multiple Choice

Wesolick Clinic uses client-visits as its measure of activity. During August, the clinic budgeted for 2,900 client-visits, but its actual level of activity was 2,870 client-visits. The clinic has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for August: Data used in budgeting: Actual results for August: The medical supplies in the flexible budget for August would be closest to:

• A)$17,640
• B)$17,048
• C)$17,472
• D)$16,697

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Definitions:

Gross Margin

The difference between sales revenue and cost of goods sold, expressed as a percentage of sales revenue, indicating the financial health and profitability of a business.

Absorption Costing

An approach to costing that encompasses all costs associated with manufacturing, including direct materials, direct labor, as well as variable and fixed manufacturing overheads, in the product cost.

Absorption Costing

A strategy in accounting practice that aggregates all manufacturing expenses, from direct materials and labor to variable and fixed overheads, into the determination of a product's cost.

Break-Even Sales

The amount of revenue required to cover both the variable and fixed costs of a business, indicating no profit and no loss.