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

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Arkin 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 3,100 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 3,070 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 spending variance for expendables in May would be closest to:

• A)$784 U
• B)$1,120 F
• C)$784 F
• D)$1,120 U

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