Easy Clean operates a chain of dry cleaners. It is experimenting with the use of a continuousimprovement (i.e., kaizen) budget for operating expenses. Currently, a typical location has operatingexpenses of $10,000 per month. Plans are in place to achieve labor and utility savings. The associatedoperational changes are estimated to reduce monthly operating expenses by a factor of 0.99 beginningin January. What is the estimated operating expenses for January? For June? For December?

Easy Clean operates a chain of dry cleaners. It is experimenting with the use of a continuousimprovement (i.e., kaizen) budget for operating expenses. Currently, a typical location has operatingexpenses of $10,000 per month. Plans are in place to achieve labor and utility savings. The associatedoperational changes are estimated to reduce monthly operating expenses by a factor of 0.99 beginningin January. What is the estimated operating expenses for January? For June? For December?

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