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A company uses the following standard costs to produce a single unit of output.

Direct materials 6 pounds at $0.90 per pound = $ 5.40
Direct labor 0.2 hour at $10.00 per hour 2.00
Manufacturing overhead 0.2 hour at $3.70 per hour 0.74

During the latest month, the company purchased and used 56,000 pounds of direct materials at a price of $1.20 per pound to produce 10,000 units of output. Direct labor costs for the month totaled $16,340 based on 1,720 direct labor hours worked. Variable manufacturing overhead costs incurred totaled $3,400 and fixed manufacturing overhead incurred was $14,000. Based on this information, the total direct labor variance for the month was:

Multiple Choice

  • $3,660 favorable

  • $2,800 unfavorable

  • $860 unfavorable

  • $860 favorable

  • $2,800 favorable

A company provided the following direct materials cost information. Compute the total direct materials variance.

Standard costs assigned:
Direct materials standard cost (415,000 units @ $4.00/unit) $ 1,660,000
Actual costs:
Direct materials costs incurred (413,750 units @ $4.20/unit) $ 1,737,750

Multiple Choice

  • $82,750 Favorable.

  • $82,750 Unfavorable.

  • $5,000 Favorable.

  • $77,750 Favorable.

  • $77,750 Unfavorable.

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