7th Edition

ISBN: 9781259726705

Author: John J Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Chapter 21, Problem 4MCQ

A Company’s standard for a unit of its single product is $6 per unit in variable overhead (4 hour x $1.50 per hour). Actual data for the period show variable overhead costs of $150.000 and production of 24.000 units. Its total variable overhead cost variance is

a. $6.000 F.

b. $6.000 U.

c. $114,000 U.

d. $114.000 F.

e. So.

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Chapter 21 Solutions

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