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9. Scharfenberg Corporation is an oil well service company that measures its output by the number of wells serviced. The company has provided the following

9. Scharfenberg Corporation is an oil well service company that measures its output by the number of wells serviced. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes and the actual results of operations for March.

Fixed Element per Month

Variable Element per Well Serviced

Actual Total for March

Revenue.......................................

$5,700

$145,100

Employee salaries and wages........

$50,300

$1,200

$79,300

Servicing materials........................

$500

$12,200

Other expenses.............................

$31,600

$31,400

When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of March, it assumed that 23 wells would have been serviced. However, 25 wells were actually serviced during March.

The activity variance for Other expenses for March would have been closest to:

A) $0

B) $200 F

C) $2,712 F

D) $200 U

The revenue variance for March would be closest to:

A) $2,640 U

B) $2,640 F

C) $1,224 U

D) $1,224 F

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