16.)

Karmazyn Hospital bases its budgets on patient-visits. The hospital's static budget for October appears below:

Budgeted number of patient-visits	8,800
Budgeted variable costs:
Supplies (@ $8.90 per patient-visit)	$ 78,320
Laundry (@ $8.60 per patient-visit)	75,680
Total variable cost	154,000
Budgeted fixed costs:
Wages and salaries	99,680
Occupancy costs	107,680
Total fixed cost	207,360
Total cost	$361,360

The total variable cost at the activity level of 8,900 patient-visits per month should be:

$209,690

$155,750

$207,360

$154,000