Ozark Bird Hunters (OBH) conducts birding tours in the local area. The company owners create a management budget using two measures of activities (also referred to as cost drivers): Customers and Jeeps. Each tour conducted includes one field guide with one jeep. OBH uses the following data to create the budget: Fixed cost Variable cost per Variable cost per per month Customer Jeep Revenue $ 650 Field Guide fee $ 275 Jeep expenses $ 3,500 Administrative expenses $ 1,500 In April, the company budgeted for 500 customers and 100 jeeps. The actual activity for the month was 524 customers and 110 jeeps. Create a report showing the activity variances for April. The FORMAT of your report should look EXACTLY like the report in your textbook in Exhibit 9-6 on page 411. Label each variance as favorable (F) or Unfavorable (U). If rounding is required, round to the nearest whole dollar (for

Ozark Bird Hunters (OBH) conducts birding tours in the local area. The company owners create a management budget using two measures of activities (also referred to as cost drivers): Customers and Jeeps. Each tour conducted includes one field guide with one jeep. OBH uses the following data to create the budget: Fixed cost Variable cost per Variable cost per per month Customer Jeep Revenue $ 650 Field Guide fee $ 275 Jeep expenses $ 3,500 Administrative expenses $ 1,500 In April, the company budgeted for 500 customers and 100 jeeps. The actual activity for the month was 524 customers and 110 jeeps. Create a report showing the activity variances for April. The FORMAT of your report should look EXACTLY like the report in your textbook in Exhibit 9-6 on page 411. Label each variance as favorable (F) or Unfavorable (U). If rounding is required, round to the nearest whole dollar (for

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