Purple Company Planned to Produce 12,000 Units

question 95

Multiple Choice

Purple Company planned to produce 12,000 units.Processing required 16,000 machine hours at a cost of $15,000 + $10.50 per machine hour.Actual sales were 14,000 units requiring 20,000 machine hours.Actual processing cost was $222,000._____ is the flexible-budget variance for processing.

• A)$3,000 favorable
• B)$39,000 unfavorable
• C)$3,000 unfavorable
• D)None of these answers is correct

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