College Hospital bases its budgets on patient-visits. The hospital's static or planning budget for August appears below:

Budgeted number of patient-visits		8,400
Budgeted variable costs:
Supplies (@$8.50 per patient-visit)	$	71,400
Laundry (@$8.20 per patient-visit)		68,880
Total variable cost		140,280
Budgeted fixed costs:
Wages and salaries		99,640
Occupancy costs		107,640
Total fixed cost		207,280
Total cost	$	347,560

The total variable cost at the activity level of 8,500 patient-visits per month should be:

Multiple Choice

• $141,950

• $207,280

• $209,610

• $140,280