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Hart Company made 3,260 bookshelves using 22,260 board feet of wood
costing $298,284. The company's direct materials standards for one
bookshelf are 8 board feet of wood at $13.30 per board foot.
AQ = Actual Quantity
SQ = Standard Quantity
AP = Actual Price
SP = Standard Price
(1) Compute the direct materials price and
quantity variances and classify each as favorable or
unfavorable.
(2) Hart applies management by exception by
investigating direct materials variances of more than 5% of actual
direct materials costs. Which direct materials variances will Hart
investigate further?