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Quality Brand Products uses standard costing to manage their direct costs and their overhead costs. Overhead costs are allocated based on direct labor hours. In the first quarter, Quality Brand had an unfavorable cost variance for their variable overhead costs. Which of the following scenarios would be a reasonable explanation for that variance?


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