In: Accounting
Seacoast Company provided the following information about its standard costing system for 2016:
| 
 Standard Data  | 
 Actual Data  | 
| 
 Materials  | 
 10 lbs. @ $4 per lbs.  | 
 Produced  | 
 4,000 units  | 
| 
 Labor  | 
 3 hrs. @ $21 per hr.  | 
 Materials purchased  | 
 50,000 lbs. for $215,000  | 
| 
 Budgeted production  | 
 3,500 units  | 
 Materials used  | 
 41,000 lbs.  | 
| 
 Labor worked  | 
 11,000 hrs. costing $220,000  | 
Instructions
Calculate the labor price variance and the labor quantity
variance.
| 
 Labor Price Variance  | 
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| 
 (  | 
 Standard Rate  | 
 -  | 
 Actual Rate  | 
 )  | 
 x  | 
 Actual Labor Hours  | 
| 
 (  | 
 $ 21.00  | 
 -  | 
 $ 20.00  | 
 )  | 
 x  | 
 11000 hours  | 
| 
 11000  | 
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| 
 Variance  | 
 $ 11,000.00  | 
 Favourable-F  | 
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| 
 Labour Quantity Variance  | 
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| 
 (  | 
 Standard Hours = 4000 units x 3 hrs  | 
 -  | 
 Actual Hours  | 
 )  | 
 x  | 
 Standard Rate  | 
| 
 (  | 
 12000  | 
 -  | 
 11000  | 
 )  | 
 x  | 
 $ 21.00  | 
| 
 21000  | 
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| 
 Variance  | 
 $ 21,000.00  | 
 Favourable-F  | 
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