Suppose you bought two pieces of land for $100,000 each, the first piece has permanently appreciated in value and is now worth $120,000, while the second piece has permanently reduced in value to $75,000. Applying conservatism and the historical cost principles, how would you account for the change in value of the two pieces of land? a. I would leave both pieces of land at $100,000 each on the books.
b. I would leave the first piece of land at $100,000 and write the second down to $75,000.
c. I would write up the first piece of land to $120,000 and the second down to $75,000.
d. I would write the first piece of land up to $120,000, and leave the second piece of land at $100,000.

Lavage rapide is a canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near montreal. the following table provides data concerning the company’s costs: fixed cost per month cost per car washed cleaning supplies $ 0.70 electricity $ 1,400 $ 0.07 maintenance $ 0.15 wages and salaries $ 4,900 $ 0.30 depreciation $ 8,300 rent $ 1,900 administrative expenses $ 1,400 $ 0.03 for example, electricity costs are $1,400 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. the company expects to wash 8,000 cars in august and to collect an average of $6.50 per car washed. the actual operating results for august appear below. lavage rapide income statement for the month ended august 31 actual cars washed 8,100 revenue $ 54,100 expenses: cleaning supplies 6,100 electricity 1,930 maintenance 1,440 wages and salaries 7,660 depreciation 8,300 rent 2,100 administrative expenses 1,540 total expense 29,070 net operating income $ 25,030 required: calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for august.