Anational beverage company ran a promotion where consumers could collect "points" by purchasing the company's products, then redeem the accumulated points for items such as baseball caps and t-shirts. one television ad showed a teenager landing a $33.8 million-dollar aircraft in his schoolyard while "harrier jet: 7,000,000 points" flashed across the screen. after the commercial aired, john gathered the 7 million points and asked for a harrier jet, yet the company refused to comply. two days later the points for the jet had changed in the ad from 7,000,000 to 700,000,000. if john sues for the airplane, what is the probable outcome?
a. john wins, because he accepted the company's offer by gathering 7,000,000 points. b. john wins, because the advertisement showed specific terms, and anyone could accept the offer. c. john loses, because no reasonable person would believe the advertisement was a serious offer. d. john loses, because an advertisement is never an offer.

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.