A company's master budget for October is to manufacture and sell 31,900 units, for a total sales revenue of $308,000, total variable costs of $151,690, and total fixed costs of $27,800. The company actually manufactured and sold 33,900 units, and generated $64,000 of operating income in October.

The total flexible-budget (FB) variance for operating income in October, to the nearest dollar, was:

Question 1 options:

	$10,155 unfavourable.
	$9,800 unfavourable.
	$24,045 unfavourable.
	$36,200 unfavourable.
	$74,310 unfavourable.

Question 2 (3 points)

Regis Company manufactures plugs at a cost of $40 per unit, which includes $5 of fixed overhead. Regis needs 30,000 of these plugs annually (as part of a larger product it produces). Orlan Company has offered to sell these units to Regis at $39 per unit. If Regis decides to purchase the plugs, $60,000 of the annual fixed overhead cost will be eliminated, and the company may be able to rent the facility previously used for manufacturing the plugs.

If the plugs are purchased and the facility rented, Regis Company wishes to realize $100,000 in net savings annually. To achieve this goal, the minimum annual rent on the facility must be:

Question 2 options:

	$220,000.
	$310,000.
	$100,000.
	$120,000.
	$70,000.