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Starlight Glassware Company has the following standards and flexible-budget data.

Standard variable-overhead rate $18.00 per direct-labor hour
Standard quantity of direct labor 2 hours per unit of output
Budgeted fixed overhead $300,000
Budgeted output 25,000 units

Actual results for February are as follows:
Actual output 20,000 units
Actual variable overhead $960,000
Actual fixed overhead $291,000
Actual direct labor 50,000 hours

Required: Use the variance formulas to compute the following variances. Indicate whether each variance is favorable or unfavorable, where appropriate.

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Starlight Glassware Company has the following standards and flexible-budget data.

Standard variable-overhead rate $18.00 per direct-labor hour
Standard quantity of direct labor 2 hours per unit of output
Budgeted fixed overhead $300,000
Budgeted output 25,000 units

Actual results for February are as follows:
Actual output 20,000 units
Actual variable overhead $960,000
Actual fixed ...

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