Meinke 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 April, the kennel budgeted for 3,700 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 3,680 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for April:Data used in budgeting: Fixed element per monthVariable element per tenant-dayRevenue - $33.80 Wages and salaries$3,100 $6.40Food and supplies 1,000 14.40Facility expenses 9,100 3.40Administrative expenses 6,500 0.40Total expenses$19,700 $24.60?Actual results for April:? ?Revenue$118,524 Wages and salaries$27,122?Food and supplies$51,982?Facility expenses$20,852?Administrative
expenses$8,052???The activity variance for wages and salaries in April would be closest to:
A. $128 U
B. $128 F
C. $342 U
D. $342 F
Answer: B
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