Majer corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: standard quantity or hours standard price or rate standard cost per unit direct materials 6.5 ounces $ 3.00 per ounce $ 19.50 direct labor 0.5 hours $ 10.00 per hour $ 5.00 variable overhead 0.5 hours $ 3.00 per hour $ 1.50 the company reported the following results concerning this product in february. originally budgeted output 5,600 units actual output 5,200 units raw materials used in production 31,100 ounces actual direct labor-hours 2,010 hours purchases of raw materials 33,500 ounces actual price of raw materials $ 122.90 per ounce actual direct labor rate $ 132.40 per hour actual variable overhead rate $ 2.10 per hour the company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. the direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. the variable overhead rate variance for february is:

2. taxes paid for a given income level rosa is getting ready to do her taxes. she is single and lives in denver. rosa earned $60,000 in taxable income in 2015. she reviews the following table, which shows the irs tax rates for a single taxpayer in 2015. on annual taxable the tax rate (percent) up to $9,225 10.0 from $9,225 to $37,450 15.0 from $37,450 to $90,750 25.0 from $90,750 to $189,300 28.0 from $189,300 to $411,500 33.0 from $411,500 to $413,200 35.0 over $413,200 39.6 based on the irs table, rosa calculates that her marginal tax rate is when her annual taxable income is $60,000. rosa calculates that she owes in income taxes for 2015. rosa then calculates that her average tax rate is , based on the annual income level and the amount of taxes she owes for 2015. after figuring out what she owes in taxes in 2015, rosa decides to ask an accountant for tax advice. the accountant claims that he has found a legal way to shelter $4,000 of taxable income from the federal government. the maximum amount that rosa is willing to pay to learn this strategy and reduce her taxable income by $4,000 is . (hint: sheltering some income means finding a legal way to avoid being charged income tax on that income. for example, someone who has $50,000 in taxable income and shelters $10,000 pays income tax on only $40,000.)