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Balt Company maintains a standard cost system; as such, allinventories, including materials, are carried on the books atstandard cost. Last period, Balt used 6,000 pounds of Material H toproduce 850 units of Product C8. The company has established astandard of 7 pounds of Material H per unit of C8, at a price of$7.25 per pound of material. During the period, Balt purchased4,000 pounds of Material H. The company spent $27,000 during theperiod to purchase material H.


Required:

1. Calculate the direct materials purchase-price variance forthe period, rounded to the nearest dollar. (U or F)
2. Calculate the direct materials usage variance for the period,rounded to the nearest whole dollar. (U or F)

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  • [1]

Material Purchase Price Variance

(

Standard Rate

-

Actual Rate = $27000 / 4000 pounds

)

x

Actual Quantity purchased

(

$                               7.25

-

$                       6.75

)

x

4000

2000

Variance

$              2,000.00

Favourable-F

  • [2]

Material Usage Variance

(

Standard Quantity = 850 units x 7 pounds

-

Actual Quantity used

)

x

Standard Rate

(

5950

-

6000

)

x

$                           7.25

-362.5

Variance

$                  362.50 or $ 363

Unfavourable-U

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