Blaze Corporation allocates overhead on the basis of DLH and the standard amount per allocation base is 4 DLH per unit. For March the company planned production of 8,000 units (80% of its production capacity of 10,000 units) and prepared the following budget. The company actually operated at 90% capacity (9,000 units) in March and incurred actual total overhead costs of $89,870. 809 Operating Overhead Budget Levels Production in units 8,000 Budgeted variable overhead $ 36,000 Budgeted fixed overhead $ 51,000 1. Compute the standard overhead rate. Hint. Standard allocation base at 80% capacity is 30,000 DLH, computed as 8,000 units 4 DLH per unit. 2. Compute the total overhead variance. 3. Compute the overhead controllable variance. 4. Compute the overhead volume variance.

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