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

	Fixed Cost per Month	Cost per Car Washed
Cleaning supplies		$ 0.50
Electricity	$ 1,100	$ 0.07
Maintenance		$ 0.25
Wages and salaries	$ 4,200	$ 0.20
Depreciation	$ 8,500
Rent	$ 2,000
Administrative expenses	$ 1,700	$ 0.03

For example, electricity costs should be $1,100 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,000 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.00 per car washed.

The actual operating results for August are as follows:

Lavage Rapide
Income Statement
For the Month Ended August 31
Actual cars washed	8,100
Revenue	$ 50,100
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies	4,500
Electricity	1,630
Maintenance	2,240
Wages and salaries	6,160
Depreciation	8,500
Rent	2,200
Administrative expenses	1,840
Total expense	27,070
Net operating income	$ 23,030

Required:

Calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for August.

Note: 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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