Mzimba Sofa Company Has Developed the Following Manufacturing Overhead Standards

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Multiple Choice

Mzimba Sofa Company has developed the following manufacturing overhead standards for its sofa production. Manufacturing overhead at Mzimba is applied to production on the basis of standard machine-hours. The above standards were based on an expected annual volume of 20,000 sofas. The actual results last year were as follows:
-What was Mzimba's fixed manufacturing overhead volume variance?

• A) $12,080 favorable
• B) $42,920 unfavorable
• C) $61,000 unfavorable
• D) $73,080 favorable

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