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LO 8.2April Industries employs a standard costing system in the manufacturing of its sole product, a park bench. They purchased 60,000 feet of raw material for $300,000, and it takes 5 feet of raw materials to produce one park bench. In August, the company produced 10,000 park benches. The standard cost for material output was $100,000, and there was an unfavorable direct materials quantity variance of $6,000.
A | April Industries' standard price for one unit of material | 5 | =300000/60000 | ||
B | Total number of units of material used to produce the August output | 51200 | Direct Material Quantity Variance | =(Standard Quantity -Actual Quantity)*Standard Rate | |
-6000 | =(50000-Actual Quantity)*5 | ||||
-6000 | =250000-(Actual Quantity*5) | ||||
-256000 | =-5Actual Quantity | ||||
Actual Quantity | =256000/5 | ||||
C | Direct Material Price Variance for August | 156160 | Direct Material Price Variance | =(Standard Price - Actual Price)*Actual Quantity | |
=(5-Actual Price)*51200 | |||||
=(5-1.95)*51200 | |||||
where Actual Price | =100000/51200 |
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