The Maxit Corporation has a standard costing system in which variable manufacturing overhead is assigned to production on the basis of standard machine$-$hours. The following data are available for July:

Actual variable manufacturing overhead cost incurred: $$11,310$

Actual machine$-$hours worked: $1,600$ hours

Variable overhead rate variance: $$1,710U$

Total variable overhead spending variance: $$2,310U$

The standard number of machine$-$hours allowed for July production is closest to:

$=>,1,500$ hours

$,1,600$ hours

$1,700$ hours

$1,300$ hours