Formidable Company Collected the Following Information Using the Three Variance Method, What Is the Spending Variance

Multiple Choice

Formidable Company collected the following information: $\begin{array}{ll}\text { Standard costs per unit: }\\\text { Variable overhead } & 4 \text { machine hours } @ \$ 6 \text { per machine hour } \\\text { Fixed overhead } & 4 \text { machine hours } @ \$ 10 \text { per machine hour }\\\\\text { Actual output } & 20,000 \text { units } \\\text { Denominator (normal capacity) output } & 21,000 \text { units } \\\text { Actual machine hours } & 79,000 \text { machine hours } \\\text { Actual variable overhead cost } & \$ 540,000 \\\text { Actual fixed overhead cost } & \$ 810,000\\\end{array}$ Using the three variance method, what is the spending variance?

A) $36,000 (F)
B) $30,000 (U)
C) $36,000 (U)
D) $30,000 (F)