Dure corporation's cost formula for its selling and administrative expense is $24,500 per month plus $1 per unit. for the month of july, the company planned for activity of 7,200 units, but the actual level of activity was 7,160 units. the actual selling and administrative expense for the month was $31,460. the selling and administrative expense in the flexible budget for july would be closest to: multiple choice $31,524 $31,460 $31,660 $31,700

Aproperty title search firm is contemplating using online software to increase its search productivity. currently an average of 40 minutes is needed to do a title search. the researcher cost is $2 per minute. clients are charged a fee of $400. company a's software would reduce the average search time by 10 minutes, at a cost of $3.50 per search. company b's software would reduce the average search time by 12 minutes at a cost of $3.60 per search. which option would have the higher productivity in terms of revenue per dollar of input?