Wadding Corporation applies manufacturing overhead to products on the basis of standard machine-hours. For the most recent month, the company based its budget on 4,500 machine-hours. Budgeted and actual overhead costs for the month appear below: Original Budget Based on 4,500 Machine-Hours Actual Costs Variable overhead costs: Supplies $ 12,000 $ 12,730 Indirect labor 38,400 38,700 Fixed overhead costs: Supervision 20,600 20,240 Utilities 6,800 6,760 Factory depreciation 7,800 8,110 Total overhead cost $ 85,600 $ 86,540 The company actually worked 4,520 machine-hours during the month. The standard hours allowed for the actual output were 4,510 machine-hours for the month. What was the overall variable overhead efficiency variance for the month

Sri lanka is one of the major tea producing nations in the world. a substantial portion of the country's annual tea production gets exported to various countries, including the united arab emirates, russia, and other countries in the middle east. given the success in these countries, sri lanka decided to foray into the asian market. research evidence indicated that people in myanmar are major consumers of tea and that there is a high demand for tea in that country. this convinced industry experts in sri lanka that exporting to myanmar was a good idea. even though sri lankan tea was priced competitively, sales in myanmar turned out to be far lower than expected. which of the following, if true, could explain this outcome? a. myanmar exported a substantial amount of its annual tea production that year. b. the tea exported from sri lanka is of the highest quality. c. the myanmar government hiked the minimum wage for labor. d. people in myanmar are willing to pay more for their domestic tea brands than for foreign brands. e. sri lankan tea exports to other asian countries like india and china have also not been very successful.