$38$ Use the S $-$ curve where the solid line is actual cost and the dashed line is budgeted cost to choose the BEST state Actual Budget $ $140,000$ $ $130,000$ $ $120,000$ $ $110,000$ $ $100,000$ $ $90,000$ $ $80,000$ $ $70,000$ $ $60,000$ $ $50,000$ $ $40,000$ $ $30,000$ $ $20,000$ $ $10,000$ $ $0481216202428323640$ elect one : $.$ The project is further ahead of budget from weeks $36$ through $40$ than from weeks $8$ through $12$ B$.$ The project never experiences negative variance $.$ C$.$ The project is in a constant state of positive variance $.$ The project is further behind budget from weeks $0$ through $16$ than from $24$ through $40.$