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These questions refer to flexible-budget variance formulas with the following descriptions for the variables: A = Actual; B = Budgeted; P = Price; Q = Quantity.
-Which variance is calculated using the formula (AQ - BQ) BP is the ________.
A) efficiency variance
B) price variance
C) total flexible-budget variance
D) spending variance

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The formula (AQ - BQ) BP calculates the efficiency variance, which measures the difference between the actual quantity used and the budgeted quantity, multiplied by the budgeted price.

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