Dermody Snow Removal's cost formula for its vehicle operating cost is $2,850 per month plus $317 per snow-day. For the month of December, the company planned for activity of 16 snow-days, but the actual level of activity was 14 snow-days. The actual vehicle operating cost for the month was $7,640. The spending variance for vehicle operating cost in December would be closest to:

Carmen’s beauty salon has estimated monthly financing requirements for the next six months as follows: january $ 9,000 april $ 9,000 february 3,000 may 10,000 march 4,000 june 5,000 short-term financing will be utilized for the next six months. projected annual interest rates are: january 9 % april 16 % february 10 may 12 march 13 june 12 what long-term interest rate would represent a break-even point between using short-term financing and long-term financing?