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A dermatology clinic expects to contract with an HMO for an estimated 80,000 enrollees. The HMO expects 1 in 4 of its enrolled members to use the dermatology services per month. At the end of the year, the dermatology clinc's business manager looked at her monthly figures and saw that the number of enrolled members had increased by 5% over the budgeted amount, and that 1 in 3 of the total Hmo members hadused the dermatology services per month. Net monthly revenues of the dermatology clinic were budgeted at $260,000 but were actually $450,000. Monthly expenses for the clinic were budgeted at $200,000 but were actually $270,000. Prepare a monthly revenue, expense, and net income variance budget for the clinic. Are these variances favorable or unfavorable? why?

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