(Solution) - Below is a performance report that compares budgeted and actual -(2025 Original AI-Free Solution)

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Below is a performance report that compares budgeted and actual profit in the sporting goods department of Maxwell's department store for the month of December.

A: evaluate the department in terms of its increases in sales and expenses. do you believe it would be useful to investigate either or both of the increases in expenses?
B: Consider storewide electricity cost. Would this cost be a controllable or a non-controllable cost for the manager of sporting goods? would it be useful to include a share of storewide electricity cost on the performance report for sportinggoods?