The standard costs and actual costs for factory overhead for the manufacture of 3,000 units of actual production are as follows: Standard Costs Fixed overhead (based on 10,000 hours) Variable overhead Actual Costs Total variable cost, $18,100 Total fixed cost, $8,200 The total factory overhead cost variance is Oa. $1,130 unfavorable Ob. $1,890 favorable Oc. $370 unfavorable d. $1,130 favorable 3 hours per unit at $0.76 per hour 3 hours per unit at $1.97 per hour

In layman's terms, variance analysis is an analysis of a difference between planned and actual behavior. Variance analysis is mainly used by the companies to maintain a control over a business. After analyzing differences, companies find the reasons for …

The standard cost system is the expected cost per unit product manufactured and it helps in estimating the deviations and controlling them as well as fixing the selling price of the product. For example, it helps to plan the cost for the coming year on t…