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

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Multiple Choice

Vanderhyde 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 May, the kennel budgeted for 3,300 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 3,340 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for May: Data used in budgeting: Actual results for May: The wages and salaries in the planning budget for May would be closest to:

• A)$28,473
• B)$27,260
• C)$28,818
• D)$27,548

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