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Last year, Vera Corporation budgeted for production and sales of 20,000 cloth ha

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Question

Last year, Vera Corporation budgeted for production and sales of 20,000 cloth handbags. Vera produced and sold 19,250 handbags. Each handbag has a standard requiring 4 feet of material at a budgeted cost of $2.50 per foot and 45 minutes of sewing time at a cost of $0.28 per minute. The handbags sell for $45.00. Actual costs for the production of 19,250 handbags were $201,600 for materials (80,000 feet at $2.52 per foot) and $260,400 for labor (868,000 minutes at $0.30 per minute). What is the handbag's direct labor efficiency variance? (It's not 8960 unfavorable; I already tried that.)

Explanation / Answer

Direct labor efficiency variance = (19250 x 45 x 0.8) - 86800 x 0.28 = 242550 - 243040 = $490 U Hope this helps!