Summer Corporation is an oil well service company that measures its output by the number of wells serviced. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes. Revenue Employee salaries and wages Servicing materials Other expenses Fixed Element per Month S 57,400 S 35,400 Variable Element per Well Serviced. S S S 4,500 950 700 When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of December, it assumed that 35 wells would have been serviced. However, 33 wells were actually serviced during December. The "Employee salaries and wages" in the flexible budget for December would have been closest to:

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Summer Corporation is an oil well service company that measures its output by the number of wells serviced. The company has
provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes.
Revenue
Employee salaries and wages
Servicing materials
Other expenses
O $87,000
$88,750
Fixed Element per
Month
O $90,650
O $89,888
S 57,400
S 35,400
When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of December, it assumed that 35 wells would have been
serviced. However, 33 wells were actually serviced during December.
The "Employee salaries and wages" in the flexible budget for December would have been closest to:
Variable Element
per Well Serviced.
S
S
4,500
950
700
Transcribed Image Text:Summer Corporation is an oil well service company that measures its output by the number of wells serviced. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes. Revenue Employee salaries and wages Servicing materials Other expenses O $87,000 $88,750 Fixed Element per Month O $90,650 O $89,888 S 57,400 S 35,400 When the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of December, it assumed that 35 wells would have been serviced. However, 33 wells were actually serviced during December. The "Employee salaries and wages" in the flexible budget for December would have been closest to: Variable Element per Well Serviced. S S 4,500 950 700
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