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Sheffield has a standard of 1.5 pounds of materials per unit, at $6 per pound. In...

Sheffield has a standard of 1.5 pounds of materials per unit, at $6 per pound. In producing 2000 units, Sheffield used 3200 pounds of materials at a total cost of $18720. Sheffield's total variance is

$900 F.
$1200 U.
$480 U.
$720 U.

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The correct answer is option 4).$720 U.

Here U refers to Unfavorable Variance.

Which means Sheffield has incurred $720 more compared to the standard cost allowed for production of 2,000 units.

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