Question

Claymore Corp. has the following information about its standards and production activity for September. The volume variance is: ________

Actual total factory overhead incurred $32,710
Standard factory overhead:
Variable overhead $4.70 per unit produced
Fixed overhead ($12,250/4,900 estimated units to be produced) $2.50 per unit
Actual units produced 3,800 units

Answer 1

Answer: $2,200 Unfavorable

Explanation:

Volume variance is the difference between actual and budgeted output so can be calculated by;

= (Budgeted output - Actual output) * overhead rate

= (4,900 - 3,800) * 2

= $2,200 Unfavorable

Unfavorable because they produced less than the budget indicated that they would.