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Epley Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: In July the

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Question

Epley Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs:


In July the company produced 3,300 units using 12,240 pounds of the direct material and 2,760 direct labor-hours. During the month, the company purchased 13,000 pounds of the direct material at a cost of $35,100. The actual direct labor cost was $51,612 and the actual variable overhead cost was $20,148.

The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased.

The materials quantity variance for July is:

$2,070 F

$2,070 U

$1,863 F

$1,863 U

Standard Quantity or Hours Standard Price or Rate Direct materials 3.5 pounds $3.00 per pound Direct labor 0.8 hours $19.00 per hour Variable overhead 0.8 hours $8.00 per hour

Explanation / Answer

Standard for 1 unit finished goods

Standard for 3300 unit finished goods

Actual for 3300 unit finished goods

Quantity

rate

Total

Quantity

rate

Total

Quantity

rate

Total

Direct material

3.5

3

10.5

11550

3

34650

12240

2.6

31824

Material quantity variance = (12240-11550)*3

                                             =2070 U

Standard for 1 unit finished goods

Standard for 3300 unit finished goods

Actual for 3300 unit finished goods

Quantity

rate

Total

Quantity

rate

Total

Quantity

rate

Total

Direct material

3.5

3

10.5

11550

3

34650

12240

2.6

31824