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Price

Quantity

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You have been given the following information about the production of Horatio Co., and are asked to provide the plant manager with information for a meeting with the vice president of operations.
Standard Cost Card Direct materials (5 pounds at $3 per pound) $15.00 Direct labor (0.8 hours at $7) 5.60 Variable overhead (0.8 hours at $4 per hour) 3.20 Fixed overhead (0.8 hours at $8 per hour) 6.40 $30.20
The following is a variance report for the most recent period of operations.

Variances

Costs

Total Standard Cost

Price

Quantity

Direct materials $407,200 $7,985 F $9,420 U Direct labor 183,900 5,550 U 7,460 U

Explanation / Answer

1.How many units were produced during the period?

Taking Direct Material as basis

No of units produced = $407,200 / $15 = 27,147 units

2.How many pounds of raw material were purchased and used during the period?

Quantity Variance = ( AQ- SQ) *SP

($9420) =(AQ- 27,147 units*5 Pounds ) * $3

AQ = 138,875 pounds

3. What was the actual cost per pound of raw materials?

Material price variance = (AP-SP) *AQ

$7985 =(AP-$3) *138,875 pounds

AP = $3.06 per pound

4.How many actual direct labor hours were worked during the period?

labour quantity variance = (AQ-SQ) *SP

($7460) = (AQ- 27,147*0.8) *$7

AQ = 20,652 HOURS

5.What was the actual rate paid per direct labor hour?

Labour price variance = (AP-SP) *AQ

($5550) = (AP- $7) *20,652 HOURS

AP = $ 6.73 per hour