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Gallop, Inc. budgeted its variable overhead application rate as $0.25 per direct labor hour. Actual variable overhead cost for the period is $9,700. If the actual number of labor hours worked during the period are 38,500 and if there is a total unfavorable flexible variable overhead variance of $230, calculate the standard number of direct labor hours allowed for the output achieved by Gallop within this period.
a. 38,500
b. 37,880
c. 37,920
d. 39,720
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Actual Variable Overhead Cost = $9,700
Standard Variable Overhead Rate = $0.25 per direct labor hour
Actual Number of labor hours worked during the period = 38,500 Hours
Total Flexible Variable Overhead Variance = $230 unfavorable
Actual Variable Overhead - Standard number of direct labor hours allowed for the output achieved by Gallop within this period * Standard Variable Overhead Rate = $230
$9,700 – ( standard number of direct labor hours allowed for the output achieved by Gallop within this period * $0.25) = $230
Standard number of direct labor hours allowed for the output achieved by Gallop within this period * $0.25 = $9,470
Standard number of direct labor hours allowed for the output achieved by Gallop within this period = $9,470 / 0.25
= 37,880 Hours
The correct option is b. 37,880 hours
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