Answer the Following Questions Using the Information Below:
the Corata

question 40

Multiple Choice

Answer the following questions using the information below:
The Corata Appliance Manufacturing Corporation manufactures two vacuum cleaners, the Standard and the Super. The following information was gathered about the two products:
$\begin{array}{lrr}&\text { Standard }&\text { Super }\\\text { Bud geted sales in units } & 2,400 & 600 \\\text { Bud geted selling price } & \$ 600 & \$ 1,700 \\\text { Bud geted contribution margin per unit } & \$ 400 & \$ 1,050 \\\text { Actual sales in units } & 2,800 & 1,200 \\\text { Actual selling price } & \$ 650 & \$ 1,680\end{array}$
-What is the total sales-volume variance in terms of the contribution margin?

• A) $260,000 unfavorable
• B) $260,000 favorable
• C) $530,000 unfavorable
• D) $790,000 favorable

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Definitions:

Symmetrical

A characteristic of a shape or distribution where one half is a mirror image of the other half, usually about a central point or axis.

Unimodal Distribution

A type of distribution that has a single peak or mode, showing one predominant frequency of data points.

Negatively Skewed Distribution

A distribution shape where the tail is on the left side, indicating that the bulk of values are concentrated on the right.

Mode

The number that occurs the greatest number of times in a series of data.