Assume the following information for a merchandising company:

Number of units sold

Selling price per unit

Variable selling expense per unit

Variable administrative expense per unit

Fixed administrative expenses

Beginning merchandise inventory

Ending merchandise inventory

Merchandise purchases

$20,600$

$$30$

$$3$

$$2$

$$50,000$

$$24,000$

$$19,000$

$$340,000$

What is the amount of total variable expenses?