Question:44 The following standards for variable overhead have been established for a company that makes only one product: 4.4 hours Standard hours per unit of output Standard variable overhead rate $16.00 per hour The following data pertain to operations for the last month: Actual hours Actual total variable overhead cost Actual output 8,100 hours $1,24,990 1,820 units What is the variable overhead rate variance for the month? uqua Company's sales budget projects unit sales of part 198Z of 11,000 units in January, 12,600 units in February, and 14,000 units in March. Each unit of part 198Z requires 3 pounds of materials, which cost $3 per pound. Fuqua Company desires its ending raw materials inventory to equal 40% of the next month's production requirements, and its ending finished goods inventory to equal 20% of the next month's expected unit sales. These goals were met on December 31, 2016. Prepare a direct materials budget for January 2017.