167. Pearse 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 December, the kennel budgeted for
3,000 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 2,980 tenant-days. The kennel has provided
the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for
December:
Data used in budgeting:
Fixed element
per month Variable element
per tenant-day
Revenue − $32.10
Wages and salaries $2,400 $7.00
Food and supplies 900 11.30
Facility expenses 8,600 3.50
Administrative expenses 6,700 0.30
Total expenses $18,600 $22.10
Actual results for December:
Revenue $97,978
Wages and salaries $23,530
Food and supplies $35,224
Facility expenses $19,780
Administrative expenses $7,404
The net operating income in the flexible budget for December would be closest to: