A company uses absorption costing with a predetermined hourly overhead absorption rate. The following situations arose last month: (i) Actual hours worked exceeded planned hours. (ii) Actual overhead expenditure exceeded planned expenditure. Which of the following statements is correct? A Situation (i) would cause overheads to be over absorbed and situation (ii) would cause overheads to be under absorbed. B Situation (i) would cause overheads to be under absorbed and situation (ii) would cause overheads to be over absorbed. C Both situations would cause overheads to be over absorbed. D Both situations would cause overheads to be under absorbed. A
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