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Match Point, Inc. has the following overhead standards:
Variable overhead: 4 hours at $8 per hour
Fixed overhead: 4 hours at $10 per hour
The standards were based on a planned activity of 20,000 machine hours when 5,000 units were scheduled for production. Actual data follow.
Variable overhead incurred: $167,750
Fixed overhead incurred: $210,000
Machine hours worked: 19,800
Actual units produced: 5,100

-Match Point's variable-overhead efficiency variance is:

• A) $550 favorable.
• B) $550 unfavorable.
• C) $4,800 favorable.
• D) $4,800 unfavorable.
• E) None of the answers is correct.

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Definitions:

Fixed Operating Costs

Expenses that do not change with the volume of production, such as salaries and rent.

Variable Costs

Expenses that vary directly with the level of production or sales volume, such as raw materials and direct labor costs.

Breakeven Volume

The quantity of goods or services that must be sold to cover fixed and variable costs, resulting in no profit or loss.

Units

A measure of quantity or amount used in the context of production, inventory, or sales within various sectors.