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Bowie Sporting Goods manufactures sleeping bags. The manufacturing standards per sleeping bag, based on 5,000 sleeping bags per month, are as follows:
Direct material of 4.00 yards at $5.00 per yard
Direct labor of 3.00 hours at $19.00 per hour
Overhead applied per sleeping bag at $18
In the month of April, the company actually produced 5,100 sleeping bags using 26,800 yards of material at a cost of $5.50 per yard. The labor used was 12,250 hours at an average rate of $20.50 per hour. The actual overhead spending was $96,200. Determine the labor quantity variance and round to the nearest whole dollar. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number. Enter an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
labor quantity variance is $57,950F | ||||||
Standard | Actual | |||||
Particulars | Hours | Rate | amount | Hours | Rate | amount |
Labour | 15,300.00 | 19.0000 | 290,700.00 | 12,250.00 | 20.50 | 251,125.00 |
Actual output | 5,100.00 | |||||
Labour hrs reqd (5100*3) | 15,300.00 | |||||
DLQV = (SH-AH)SR | ||||||
DLQV = (15,300 - 12,250)19 | ||||||
DLQV = 57,950 F | ||||||