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Guareno Clinic uses client-visits as its measure of activity. During December, the clinic budgeted for 4,100 client-visits, but its actual level of activity was 4,030 client-visits. The clinic has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for December:
Data used in budgeting:
Fixed element per month | Variable element per client-visit | ||||
Revenue | - | $ | 44.70 | ||
Personnel expenses | $ | 35,900 | $ | 13.30 | |
Medical supplies | 1,600 | 5.30 | |||
Occupancy expenses | 11,600 | 2.20 | |||
Administrative expenses | 5,400 | 0.20 | |||
Total expenses | $ | 54,500 | $ | 21.00 | |
Actual results for December:
Revenue | $ | 178,885 | |
Personnel expenses | $ | 88,515 | |
Medical supplies | $ | 22,515 | |
Occupancy expenses | $ | 19,960 | |
Administrative expenses | $ | 6,290 | |
The activity variance for administrative expenses in December would be closest to:
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