8) Leaphart 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
2,800 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 2,840 tenant-days. The kennel has
provided the following data concerning the formulas to be used in its budgeting:
The wages and salaries in the planning budget for May would be closest to:
A.$18,344
B.$18,606
C.$18,720
D.$18,936
9) Kosakowski Corporation processes sugar beets in batches. A batch of sugar beets
costs $66 to buy from farmers and $17 to crush in the company’s plant. Two
intermediate products, beet fiber and beet juice, emerge from the crushing process. The
beet fiber can be sold as is for $23 or processed further for $13 to make the end product
industrial fiber that is sold for $36. The beet juice can be sold as is for $42 or processed
further for $20 to make the end product refined sugar that is sold for $84. How much
more profit (loss) does the company make by processing one batch of sugar beets into
the end products industrial fiber and refined sugar?
A.$(18)
B.$4
C.$22