Juenemann 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 3,800 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 3,770 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 $33.90
Wages and salaries $2,900 $7.60
Food and supplies 600 13.40
Facility expenses 9,000 4.00
Administrative expenses 7,500 0.30
Total expenses $20,000 $25.30

Actual results for December:

Revenue $132,193
Wages and salaries $32,662
Food and supplies $48,918
Facility expenses $24,040
Administrative expenses $8,931

The spending variance for facility expenses in December would be closest to:

a. $1,040 U
b. $1,040 F
c. $1,160 F
d. $1,160 U

Colah company purchased $1.8 million of jackson, inc. 8% bonds at par on july 1, 2018, with interest paid semi-annually. when the bonds were acquired colah decided to elect the fair value option for accounting for its investment. at december 31, 2018, the jackson bonds had a fair value of $2.08 million. colah sold the jackson bonds on july 1, 2019 for $1,620,000. the purchase of the jackson bonds on july 1. interest revenue for the last half of 2018. any year-end 2018 adjusting entries. interest revenue for the first half of 2019. any entry or entries necessary upon sale of the jackson bonds on july 1, 2019. required: 1. prepare colah's journal entries for above transaction.

During 2016, nike inc., reported net income of $3,760 million. the company declared dividends of $1,022 million. the closing entry for dividends would include which of the following? select one: a. credit cash for $1,022 million b. credit dividends for $1,022 million c. debit net income for $1,022 million d. credit retained earnings for $1,022 million e. debit dividends for $1,022 million

Suppose there are three types of consumers who attend concerts at your university’s performing arts center: students, staff, and faculty. each of these groups has a different willingness to pay for tickets; within each group, willingness to pay is identical. there is a fixed cost of $1,000 to put on a concert, but there are essentially no variable costs. for each concert: i. there are 140 students willing to pay $20. (ii) there are 200 staff members willing to pay $35. (iii) there are 100 faculty members willing to pay $50. a) if the performing arts center can charge only one price, what price should it charge? what are profits at this price? b) if the performing arts center can price discriminate and charge two prices, one for students and another for faculty/staff, what are its profits? c) if the performing arts center can perfectly price discriminate and charge students, staff, and faculty three separate prices, what are its profits?