Rutch Corporation manufactured 54,000 door knobs during September. The fixed-overhead cost allocation rate is $50.00 per machine-hour. The following fixed overhead data pertain to September:

Actual Static Budget

Production. 54,000 units 60,000 units

Machine-hours 985 hours 1,000 hours

Fixed overhead costs for March $48,400 $50,000

a)What is the flexible-budget amount for fixed overhead?

b)What is the amount of fixed overhead allocated to production?

c)What is the fixed overhead rate, or budget, variance?

d). What is the production-volume variance?