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

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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 administrative expenses in the planning budget for May would be closest to:

• A)$7, 792
• B)$7, 886
• C)$8, 136
• D)$8, 120

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