Flexible budget. Brabham Enterprises manufactures tires for the Formula I motor raci...

Flexible budget. Brabham Enterprises manufactures tires for the Formula I motor racing circuit. For August 2014, it budgeted to manufacture and sell 3,000 tires at a variable cost of $74 per tire and total fixed costs of $54,000. The budgeted selling price was $110 per tire. Actual results in August 2014 were 2,800 tires manufactured and sold at a selling price of $112 per tire. The actual total variable costs were $229,600, and the actual total fixed costs were $50,000. 1. Prepare a performance report (akin to Exhibit 7-2, page 253) that uses a flexible budget and a static budget. 2. Comment on the results in requirement 1.