Question: value: 4.00 points E9-9 Calculating Fixed Manufacturing Overhead Spending, Volume Variances [LO 9-S1] Parker Plastic, Inc., manufactures plastic mats to use with rolling office chairs.

value: 4.00 points E9-9 Calculating Fixed Manufacturing Overhead Spending, Volume Variances [LO 9-S1] Parker Plastic, Inc., manufactures plastic mats to use with rolling office chairs. Its standard cost information for last year follows: Direct materials (plastic) Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead (based on direct labor hours) Fixed manufacturing overhead $901,000 + 1,060,000 units) TET Standard Quantity 12 sq ft. 0.75 hr. 0.75 hr. Standard Standard Price (Rate) Unit Cost $ 0.75 per sq. ft. $ 9.00 $ 10.65 per hr. 7.99 $ 1,15 per hr. 0.86 0.85 Parker Plastic had the following actual results for the past year: Number of units produced and sold Number of square feet of plastic used Cost of plastic purchased and used Number of labor hours worked Direct labor cost Variable overhead cost Fixed overhead cost 1,160,000 13,340,000 $ 9,738,200 865,000 $ 8,866,250 $ 1,081,250 892,000 Required: Calculate Parker Plastic's fixed overhead spending and volume variances and its over- or underapplied fixed overhead. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable/Overapplied and "U" for unfavorable/underapplied.) Fixed Overhead Spending Variance Fixed Overhead Volume Variance Over- or Underapplied Fixed Overhead
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