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Danner Fashions Sells a Line of Women's Dresses The Effect of the Sales Quantity Variance on the Contribution

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Danner Fashions sells a line of women's dresses.Danner's performance report for November is shown below: (CMA adapted) The company uses a flexible budget to analyze its performance and to measure the effect on operating income of the various factors affecting the difference between budgeted and actual operating income.
 Actual  Budget  Dresses sold 5,0006,000 Sales $235,000$300,000 Variable costs (145,000) (180,000)  Contribution margin $90,000120,000 Fixed Costs (84,000) (80,000)  Operating inc ome $6,000$40,000\begin{array} { | l | r | r | } \hline & \text { Actual } & \text { Budget } \\\hline \text { Dresses sold } & 5,000 & 6,000 \\\hline \text { Sales } & \$ 235,000 & \$ 300,000 \\\hline \text { Variable costs } & \underline { ( 145,000 ) } & \underline { ( 180,000 ) } \\\hline \text { Contribution margin } & \$ 90,000 & 120,000 \\\hline \text { Fixed Costs } & \underline { ( 84,000 ) } & \underline { ( 80,000 ) } \\\hline \text { Operating inc ome } & \underline { \$ 6,000} &\underline { \$ 40,000 }\\\hline\end{array} The effect of the sales quantity variance on the contribution margin for November is:


A) $30,000 unfavorable.
B) $18,000 unfavorable.
C) $20,000 unfavorable.
D) $15,000 unfavorable.

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