The following information relating to a company's overhead costs is available.
Actual total variable overhead $74,000
Actual total fixed overhead $18,000
Budgeted variable overhead rate per machine hour $2.00
Budgeted total fixed overhead $16,000
Budgeted machine hours allowed for actual output 44,000
Based on this information, the total variable overhead variance is:
a. $2,000 favorable.
b. $6,000 favorable.
c. $2,000 unfavorable.
d. $6,000 unfavorable.
e. $1,000 favorable.