During the year, Octagon produced 8,000 units, used 24,000 direct labor hours, and incurred variable overhead of $120,000. Budgeted variable overhead for the year was $90,000. The hours allowed per unit are 2. The standard variable overhead rate is $3.00 per direct labor hour. The variable overhead spending variance is: Group of answer choices $48,000 U. $61,000 U. None of these $27,000 U. $54,000 F.

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position