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The Broaddus Company has requested a performance report that reports both sales activity variances and flexible budget variances.The following table of information is provided:  Column(1)  Number of units  Seles  Less variable costs:  Materials  Labor  Overhead  Selling & admin.  Contribution margin  Less fixed costs:  Manufacturing  Selling & admin  Net income  (2)  Static  Budget 8,600$430,000103,20077,40043,00017,200$189,20018,00037,0010$134,200 (3)  (4)  F/U (5)  Flexible  Budget 9,000$450,000108,00081,00045,00018,000$198,00018,00037,000$143,000 (6)  (7)  F/U (8)  Actual  Results 9,000$460,000113,00088,00044,00020,000$195,00016,00038,000$141,000\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{|l|}\hline \text { Column(1) } \\\hline \\\hline \\\hline \text { Number of units } \\\hline \\\hline \text { Seles } \\\hline \text { Less variable costs: } \\\hline \text { Materials } \\\hline \text { Labor } \\\hline \text { Overhead } \\\hline \text { Selling \& admin. } \\\hline \text { Contribution margin } \\\hline \text { Less fixed costs: } \\\hline \text { Manufacturing } \\\hline \text { Selling \& admin } \\\hline \text { Net income } \\\hline \end{array}\begin{array}{c|}\hline \text { (2) } \\\hline \text { Static } \\\hline \text { Budget } \\\hline 8,600 \\\hline\\\hline \$ 430,000 \\\hline\\\hline 103,200 \\\hline 77,400\\\hline 43,000 \\\hline 17,200 \\\hline \$ 189,200 \\\hline \\ \hline 18,000 \\\hline 37,0010 \\\hline \$ 134,200 \\\hline\end{array}\begin{array}{c|}\hline \text { (3) } \\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\end{array}\begin{array}{c|}\hline \text { (4) } \\\hline\text { F}/\\\hline\text {U}\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\end{array}\begin{array}{c|}\hline \text { (5) } \\\hline \text { Flexible } \\\hline \text { Budget } \\\hline9,000 \\\hline\\\hline \$ 450,000 \\\hline\\\hline 108,000 \\\hline81,000 \\\hline 45,000 \\\hline 18,000 \\\hline \$ 198,000 \\\hline \\ \hline 18,000 \\\hline 37,000 \\\hline \$ 143,000 \\\hline\end{array}\begin{array}{c|}\hline \text { (6) } \\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline \end{array}\begin{array}{c|}\hline \text { (7) } \\\hline\text { F}/\\\hline\text {U}\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\\\hline\end{array}\begin{array}{l|}\hline \text { (8) }\\\hline \text { Actual } \\\hline \text { Results } \\\hline 9,000 \\\hline\\\hline \$ 460,000 \\\hline\\\hline 113,000 \\\hline 88,000 \\\hline 44,000 \\\hline 20,000 \\\hline \$ 195,000 \\\hline\\\hline 16,000 \\\hline 38,000 \\\hline \$ 141,000 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}
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1)Compute and enter variances in columns 3 and 6.In column 3,enter the variance (difference)between column 2 and column 5;in column 4,label the variance as favorable (F)or unfavorable (U).In column 6,enter the variance between columns 5 and 8,and in column 7 indicate whether this variance is favorable or unfavorable.
2)Which column contains sales volume variances,and which column contains flexible budget variances?
3)Comment on this company's performance.

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