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The actual selling expenses incurred in March 2017 by Fallon Company are as follows.
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(a) Prepare a flexible budget performance report for March using the budget data in E10-5, assuming that March sales were $170,000.
(b) Prepare a flexible budget performance report, assuming that March sales were $180,000.
(c)Comment on the importance of using flexible budgets in evaluating the performance of the sales manager.
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