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TipTop Flight School offers flying lessons at a small municipal airport. The school's owner and manager has been attempting to evaluate performance and control costs using a variance report that compares the planning budget to actual results. A recent variance report appears below: TipTop Flight School Variance Report For the Month Ended July 31 Actual Results 185 Planning Budget 180 Variances Lessons $ 42,360 $ 41,400 $ 960 F Revenue Expenses : Instructor wages Aircraft depreciation Fuel Maintenance Ground facility expenses Administration Total expense Net operating income 10,960 10,800 160 U 7,400 7,200 200 U 3,620 3,060 560 U 2,690 2,530 160 U 2,130 2,170 40 F 3,720 3,840 120 F 30,520 29,600 920 U $ 11,840 $ 11,800 $ 40 F After several months of using such variance reports, the owner has become frustrated. For example, she is quite confident that instructor wages were very tightly controlled in July, but the report shows an unfavorable variance The planning budget was developed using the following formulas, where is the number of lessons sold: Revenue Instructor wages Aircraft depreciation Fuel Maintenance Ground facility expenses Administration Cost Formulas $2309 $609 $409 $179 $550 + $11g $1,450 + $49 $3,300 + $39 Revenue Instructor wages Aircraft depreciation Fuel Maintenance Ground facility expenses Administration Cost Formulas $2309 $609 $409 $179 $550 + $ilg $1,450 + $49 $3,300 + $39 Required: 2. Complete the flexible budget performance report for the school for July (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.) TipTop Flight School Flexible Budget Performance Report For the Month Ended July 31 Actual Results 185 Flexible Budget Planning Budget 180 Lessons Revenue $ 42,360 $ 41,400 Expenses: Instructor wages Aircraft depreciation Fuel 10,800 7,200 3,060 2,530 Maintenance Ground facility expenses Administration Total expense Net operating income $ 10,960 7,400 3,620 2,690 2,130 3,720 30,520 $ 11,840 2,170 3,840 29,600 $ 11,800

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