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A summary of Flaker Company’s manufacturing variance report for June 2019 follows.
Total Standard Costs (7,600 units) | Actual Costs (7,600 units) | Variances | |||||||
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Direct material | $66,880 | $66,150 | $730 | F | |||||
Direct labor | 77,520 | 81,420 | 3,900 | U | |||||
Variable overhead | 33,060 | 33,000 | 60 | F | |||||
Fixed overhead | 102,600 | 102,600 | - | ||||||
$280,060 | $283,170 | $3,110 | U |
Standard materials cost per unit of product is 4 pounds at $2.20 per pound, and standard direct labor cost is 0.75 hour at $13.60 per hour. Total actual materials cost represents 31,500 pounds purchased at $2.10 per pound. Total actual labor cost represents 5,900 hours at $13.80 per hour. According to standards, variable overhead rate is applied at $5.80 per direct labor hour (based on a normal capacity of 6,000 direct labor hours or 8,000 units of product). Assume that all fixed overhead is applied to work-in-progress inventory.
a. Determine the following variances: material, labor, and vairiable overhead
Do not use negative signs with any of your answers. Next to each variance answer, select either "F" for Favorable or "U" for Unfavorable.