Viger Corporation has a standard cost system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to products on the basis of standard machine-hours (MHs). The company has provided the following data for the most recent month:

Budgeted level of activity 9,700 MHs
Actual level of activity 9,900 MHs
Standard variable manufacturing overhead rate $ 6.30 per MH
Actual total variable manufacturing overhead $ 60,390

What was the variable overhead rate variance for the month?

A) $2,000 Favorable
B) $720 Favorable
C) $1,260 Unfavorable
D) $1,980 Favorable