Question: 1. Masters Company applies overhead using machine hours and reports the following information. Compute the total variable overhead cost variance.
Actual machine hours used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,950 hours
Standard machine hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 hours
Actual variable overhead rate per hour . . . . . . . . . . . $4.10
Standard variable overhead rate per hour . . . . . . . . . $4.00
2. In what sense can a variable cost be considered constant?