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Say No to the Brush, LLC. is a manufacturer of premium hairstyling products. It’s most popular product, It’s Real, is sold in 10 ounce bottles.
One bottle of It’s Real is expected to use 8 ounces of direct material at a standard direct material cost of $1.75 per ounce. During the month, the company purchased 320,000 ounces of direct material at a total cost of $608,000. However, only 285,000 ounces of direct material were used in the monthly production of 38,000 bottles.
The expected direct labor cost per bottle of It’s Real is $2. The company anticipates that 0.25 direct labor hours will be logged for each bottle produced. During the month, direct laborers worked 10,000 direct labor hours and were paid $7.56 per hour.
Given the above data, which of the following statements is correct?
A.
The total Direct Material Variance can be calculate by adding the Direct Material Price Variance and the Direct Material Quantity Variance.
B.
The direct labor hours allowed for the actual output level were greater than the direct labor hours logged.
C.
The actual direct material unit input ratio was greater than the standard direct material unit input ratio.
D.
The Direct Material Price Variance is favorable.
E.
The actual direct labor rate was less than the standard direct labor rate.