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country western clothing outfitters is considering investing in an inventory tracking system. the system will require $10,300 in software costs and $8,200 in employee training costs. computer hardware also must be upgraded for the system; the hardware upgrades are expected to cost $12,100. the expected benefits from the inventory tracking system should be $29,000. do the benefits outweigh the costs, or do the costs outweigh the benefits, and by how much?
answer options:
a. benefits outweigh costs by $10,500.
b. costs outweigh benefits by $1,600.
c. benefits outweigh costs by $1,600.
d. costs outweigh benefits by $10,500.

Oerstman, inc. uses a standard costing system and develops its overhead rates from the current annual budget.the budget is based on an expected annual output of 120,000 units requiring 480,000 direct labor hours.(practical capacity is 500,000 hours)annual budgeted overhead costs total $772,800, of which $556,800 is fixed overhead.a total of 119,300 units, using 478,000 direct labor hours, were produced during the year.actual variable overhead costs for the year were $260,400 and actual fixed overhead costs were $555,450.required: 1. compute the fixed overhead spending variance and indicate if favorable or unfavorable.2. compute the fixed overhead volume variance and indicate if favorable or unfavorable.