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Saginaw Company is a garden products wholesale firm. In December, Saginaw Compan

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Question

Saginaw Company is a garden products wholesale firm. In December, Saginaw Company expects to sell 23,000 bags of vegetable fertilizer at an average price of $5.2 per bag. Actual results are 23,650 bags sold at an average price of $5.1 per bag.

Required:

1. Calculate the sales price variance for December.
$ _________unfavorable

2. Calculate the sales volume variance for December.
$ _________Favorable

3. Calculate the overall sales variance for December.
$__________Favorable

4. What if December sales were actually 22,800 bags calculate the new sales price variance?
$________ Unfavorable

The sales volume variance?
$________ Unfavorable

The overall sales variance?
$ __________ UnfavorableIe

Explanation / Answer

Solution:

1. the sales price variance for December

= Actual Sales Units × Actual Price – Actual Sales Units × Budgeted Price

= $ 23650 x 5.1 - 23,000 x 5.2

= $ 1015

(2)

Sales volume variance = (Actual units sold - Budgeted units sold) x Budgeted price per unit
= (23650 - 23000 ) x 5.2

= 3380

(3)

the overall sales variance for December.

(total revenue / actual unit - Budgeted price ) x actual unit sold
= (5.1 - 5.2 ) x 23650

= -0.1 x23650

= - $ 2365

4.

December sales were actually 22,800 bags calculate the new sales price variance

= Actual Sales Units × Actual Price – Actual Sales Units × Budgeted Price

= $ 22800 x 5.1 - 23,000 x 5.2

= - 3320

The sales volume variance

= (22800 - 23000) x 5.2

= -1040

The overall sales variance

(5.1- 5.2) x 22800

= -2280

= -$ 2280

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