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Eastern Polymers Eastern Polymers, Inc., processes a base chemical into plastic.

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Eastern Polymers

Eastern Polymers, Inc., processes a base chemical into plastic. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 6,800 units of product were as follows: s, direct la nufactu Standard Costs Costs Actual Costs 9,500 lbs. at $4.70 1.700 hrs. at $18.00 Rates per direct labor hr., based on 100% of normal capacity of 1,770 direct labor hrs. Direct materials Direct labor Factory overhead 9,400 lbs. at $4.50 1.740 hrs.at $18.20 Variable cost, 4.40 7,410 variable cost Fixed cost, $7.00 $12,390 fixed cost Each unit requires 0.25 hour of direct labor Required: a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable ne the d variance as a positive number Price variance Select Quantity variance Select Total direct materials cost variance Select

Explanation / Answer

a)Price variance = AQ(AR -SR)

                             = 9400 (4.50 -4.70)

                             = 9400 * -.20

                             = -1880(F)

Qunatity variance= SR(Q-SQ)

                                 = 4.70 (9400 - 9500)

                                 = 4.70 * - 100

                                 = - 470(F)

Total variance = price +quantity

                      = - 1880 (F) + (-470 F)

                     = - 2350 (F)

b)Labor rate variance = AH (AR -SR)

                                          = 1740 (18.20-18)

                                           =1740 *.20

                                            =348 (U)

Efficiency variance =   SR(AH -SH)

                                   = 18 (1740 - 1700)

                                    = 18 * 40

                                   = 720(U)

Total variance = 348 (U) + 720(U)

                         = 1068(U)

c)Variable factory overhead conrollable variance = Actual variable overhead - (Standard hours * Variable overhead rate per hour)

         = 7410 -   (1700 *4.40)

          = 7410 - 7480

        = - 70 (F)

Fixed Factory overhead volume variance = standard fixed overhead for actual output - Budgeted fixed overhead

                       = 1700 * 7     -   1770 *7

                       = 11900 - 12390

                        = - 490(U)

Total factory ovehead cost variance = Actual factory overhead -   Standard factory overhead

                                                   = [7410+12390] -   [1700* 4.40] + [1770*7]

                                                    = 19800 - [ 7480+ 12390]

                                                      = 19800 - 19870

                                                     = - 70(F)

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