Question

Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:

	Fixed Cost per Month			Cost per Car Washed
Cleaning supplies				$	0.50
Electricity	$	1,200		$	0.09
Maintenance				$	0.20
Wages and salaries	$	5,000		$	0.40
Depreciation	$	8,400
Rent	$	2,100
Administrative expenses	$	1,500		$	0.04

For example, electricity costs are $1,200 per month plus $0.09 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,000 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.70 per car washed. The company actually washed 8,100 cars in August.

Required:

Calculate the company's activity variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

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