Zacher Corporation Makes a Product with the Following Standards for Direct

question 371

Multiple Choice

Zacher Corporation makes a product with the following standards for direct labor and variable overhead: In February the company's budgeted production was 6,900 units,but the actual production was 7,000 units.The company used 1,980 direct labor-hours to produce this output.The actual variable overhead cost was $10,296.The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The variable overhead rate variance for February is:

• A)$420 U
• B)$420 F
• C)$396 F
• D)$396 U

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