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

question 297

Multiple Choice

Nicolini 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 October, the kennel budgeted for 2,200 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 2,250 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for October:

Data used in budgeting:

Actual results for October:

-The activity variance for wages and salaries in October would be closest to:

• A)$580 F
• B)$370 F
• C)$370 U
• D)$580 U

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