Pattison Corporation is a service company that measures its output by the number of customers served. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes. Fixed Element per Month Variable Element per Customer Served
Revenue $ 5,500
Employee salaries and wages $ 46,300 $ 1,000
Travel expenses $ 500
Other expenses $ 32,500
When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of May, it assumed that 20 customers would have been served. However, 17 customers were actually served during May.

The activity variance for "Travel expenses" for May would have been closest to:

A. $1,500 U

B. $1,500 F

C. $2,000 F

D. $2,000 U

Zoe would like to be able to save for night courses at the local college. which of these would be a good way for zoe to make more money available for savings without dramatically changing her budget? economía

Cesar had a part-time job last year. he worked every week for the year and made $23 an hour. he worked 28 hours each week. cesar saved what was left of his earnings after paying all of his monthly expenses. at the end of the year, he had saved $3,360. what were cesar’s average monthly expenses, rounded to the nearest dollar?

Anew japanese restaurant opens two blocks from your home. the owner, reiko, is a personal friend of yours. you don't particularly like japanese food, but you decide to go anyway; however, there is nothing on the menu that sounds appealing. unfortunately, it turns out that most of the people in your town don't like japanese cuisine either. reiko confides that business is not good, but she isn't sure what to do from an economic standpoint. which of the following would most likely describe adam smith's perspective on this problem? select one: a. reiko should ask the government for assistance. b. reiko should close the restaurant and find a different career. c. reiko should lay off workers and do everything herself to save money. d. reiko should add other foods to the menu and offer discounts to attract more people to her restaurant.