A department has budgeted monthly manufacturing overhead cost of $600000 plus $3 per direct labor hour. If a flexible budget report reflects $1134000 for total budgeted manufacturing cost for the month, the actual level of activity achieved during the month was :. a. 378000 direct labor hours.
b. 578000 direct labor hours.
c. 178000 direct labor hours.
d. cannot be determined from the information provided.

An attorney came to work on a saturday. when he signed in, he was advised by the morning security guard employed by the building management that he must be out of the building by 5 p.m., when it closes. however, he stayed past 5 p.m. to complete a brief that had to be filed on monday morning. at 5: 15 p.m., the afternoon security guard set the locks on all the doors of the building and left. because she was in a hurry, she did not check the sign-in sheet to make sure that everyone had signed out, contrary to mandatory procedures. when the attorney tried to exit 15 minutes later, he discovered that the doors were all locked and could not be opened from the inside. he used his cell phone to call for , and a supervisor from the building arrived and let him out shortly thereafter. if the attorney sues the building management for false imprisonment, is he likely to win?