Mock Clinic Uses Client-Visits as Its Measure of Activity

question 127

Multiple Choice

Mock Clinic uses client-visits as its measure of activity. During August, the clinic budgeted for 3,100 client-visits, but its actual level of activity was 3,150 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 personnel expenses in the planning budget for August would be closest to:

• A)$81,155
• B)$80,989
• C)$82,295
• D)$80,370

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Definitions:

MP Schedule

Marginal Product Schedule, a table or graph showing how the marginal product changes as the quantity of a variable input changes.

Cost-Minimizing Equilibrium

An economic situation where a firm operates at the lowest possible cost to produce its output.

Total Product

Total product is the overall quantity of output that a firm produces, usually within a specified period, based on variable inputs.

Marginal Product

Marginal product refers to the additional output that is produced by employing one more unit of a particular input, holding other inputs constant.