110. In September, Larson Inc. sold 40,000 units of its only product for $240,000 and incurred
a total cost of $225,000, of which $25,000 is fixed costs. The flexible budget for September
showed total sales of $300,000. Among variances of the period were: total variable cost flexible–
budget variance, $8,000U; total flexible-budget variance, $63,000U; and, sales volume variance,
in terms of contribution margin, $27,000U.
The sales volume variance, in terms of operating income, for September was: