Consider the fallowing 2020 data for Queens General Hospital (in millions of dollars):                                                             Simple                         Flexible                        Actual                                                             Budget                         Budget                         Results             Revenues                                  $5.7                              $3.8                              $4.5                  Cost                                         4.8                               3.1                               4.2             Profit                                        0.9                               0.8                               0.3   Calculate and interpret the two profit variances.   Calculate and interpret the two revenue variances.   Calculate and interpret the two cost variances.   How are variances related?

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1 Consider the fallowing 2020 data for Queens General Hospital (in millions of dollars):

                                                            Simple                         Flexible                        Actual

                                                            Budget                         Budget                         Results

            Revenues                                  $5.7                              $3.8                              $4.5     

            Cost                                         4.8                               3.1                               4.2

            Profit                                        0.9                               0.8                               0.3

 

  1. Calculate and interpret the two profit variances.

 

  1. Calculate and interpret the two revenue variances.

 

  1. Calculate and interpret the two cost variances.

 

  1. How are variances related?
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