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You have just been hired by FAB Corporation, the manufacturer of a revolutionary new garage door opening device. The president has asked that you review the companys costing system and do what you can to help us get better control of our manufacturing overhead costs. You find that the company has never used a flexible budget, and you suggest that preparing such a budget would be an excellent first step in overhead planning and control. After much effort and analysis, you determined the following cost formulas and gathered the following actual cost data for March: Cost Formula Actual Cost in March Utilities $16,900 + $0.17 per machine-hour $ 21,760 Maintenance $38,600 + $1.20 per machine-hour $ 54,000 Supplies $0.60 per machine-hour $ 10,600 Indirect labor $94,400 + $1.90 per machine-hour $ 129,500 Depreciation $67,900 $ 69,600 During March, the company worked 16,000 machine-hours and produced 10,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 18,000 machine-hours during March. Required: 1. Calculate the activity variances for March. 2. Calculate the spending variances for March.

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