You have recently accepted a position with Vitex, Inc., the manufacturer of a po

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You have recently accepted a position with Vitex, Inc., the manufacturer of a popular consumer product. During your first week on the job, the vice president has been favorably impressed with your work. She has been so impressed, in fact, that yesterday she called you into her office and asked you to attend the executive committee meeting this morning for the purpose of leading a discussion on the variances reported for last period. Anxious to favorably impress the executive committee, you took the variances and supporting data home last night to study On your way to work this moming, the papers were laying on the seat of your new, red convertible. As you were crossing a bridge on the highway, a sudden gust of wind caught the papers and blew them over the edge of the bridge and into the stream below. You managed to retrieve only one page, which contains the following information: Standard Cost Card Direct materials, 2.50 pounds at $17.00 per pound Direct labor, 1.00 direct labor-hours at $15.60 per direct labor-hour Variable manufacturing overhead, 1.00 direct labor-hours at $9.50 per direct labor-hour S 42.50 15.60 S 9.50 Price or Rate $ 12,180 F $ 3,400 U $ 4,800 F Quantity or Total Standard Cost Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead $ 680,000 249,600 $152,000 S 34,000 U $ 15,600 U Applied to Work in Process during the period Entry obliterated. You recall that manufacturing overhead cost is applied to production on the basis of direct labor-hours and that all of the materials purchased during the period were used in production. Work in process inventories are insignificant and can be ignored. It is now 8:30 a.m. The executive committee meeting starts in just one hour; you realize that to avoid looking like a bungling fool you must somehow generate the necessary "backup" data for the variances before the meeting begins. Without backup data it will be impossible to lead the discussion or answer any questions.. Required 1. How many units were produced last period? Number of units

Explanation / Answer

1)Number of unit produced = standard cost /standard cost per unit               [let use material]

            = 680000/42.50

              = 16000 units

**can try for labor or overhead

2)material quantity variance = [AQ*SR ]- Standard cost

   34000 = [AQ*17] - 680000

   34000+680000 = 17AQ

   AQ = 714000/17

         = 42000 POunds

3)ACtual cost per pound

Material price variance =AQ[AR-SR]

-12180 = 42000[AR-17]

-12180/42000 =AR-17

   -.29+17 =AR

AR = 16.71 per pound

4)Labor efficiency variance =[AH*SR] -Standard cost

   15600 =[AH*15.60 ] -249600

    15600+249600 = 15.60AH

     AH = 265200/15.60

             = 17000 Hours.

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