Groupe air uses two measures of activity, flights and passengers, in the cost formulas in its budgets and performance reports. the cost formula for plane operating costs is $36,230 per month plus $2,056 per flight plus $1 per passenger. the company expected its activity in october to be 83 flights and 233 passengers, but the actual activity was 82 flights and 238 passengers. the actual cost for plane operating costs in october was $198,000. the activity variance for plane operating costs in october would be closest to

rural residential development company and suburban real estate corporation form a joint stock company. the longest duration a joint stock company can be formed for is

mark, a civil engineer, entered into a contract with david. as per the contract, mark agreed to design and build a house for david for a specified fee. mark provided david with an estimation of the total cost and the contract was mutually agreed upon. however, during construction, when mark increased the price due to a miscalculation on his part, david refused to pay the amount. this scenario is an example of a mistake.

Portia grant is an employee who is paid monthly. for the month of january of the current year, she earned a total of $8,388. the fica tax for social security is 6.2% of the first $118,500 earned each calendar year and the fica tax rate for medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. the futa tax rate of 0.6% and the suta tax rate of 5.4% are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. the amount of federal income tax withheld from her earnings was $1,391.77. what is the total amount of taxes withheld from the portia's earnings?