Question

Tulip Midwifery's cost formula for its wages and salaries is $2,420 per month plus $388 per birth. For the month of January, the company planned for activity of 119 births, but the actual level of activity was 123 births. The actual wages and salaries for the month was $50,544. The wages and salaries in the flexible budget for January would be closest to:

Answer 1

$ 50144

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Cost formula for the the wages and salaries = $ 2420 / month + $ 388 / birth

planned number of activity = 119 births

Actual level of activity = 123 births

the wages and salaries in the flexible budget for January, using the given formula will be calculated as:

the wages and salaries = ( $ 2420 × 1 ) + ( $ 388 × 123) = $ 50144