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CoursHeroTranscribedText: QUESTION 3 (20 Marks) You are a management accountant in a company called Plasmid that manufactures pencils, you have been given the following results from the variance report for the month. At the beginning of the month the supplier for raisin used to make pencils increased price for the material to meet increasing demand external specialists' engineers were also hired which increased cost. Production was however slower because new employees needed to be accustomed production processes. The was also a higher than anticipated increase in machine breakdown for the month which meant the company had to hire machinery for the month. Finally, the quality of wood used for the pencils this month was poor which meant that more raising within the mix was used. Raw materials Variances Variance Rand Value Price R15,660A Usage R15,618A Fixed production Overhead Variances Variance Rand Value Expenditure 15,873A Efficiency 7,984A Capacity 3735F a) Explain what each of the above variances mean, suggest reasons for each if the above (20 Marks) variances

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