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Seacoast Company provided the following information about its standard costing system for 2016: Standard Data Actual...

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.

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Labor Price Variance

(

Standard Rate

-

Actual Rate

)

x

Actual Labor Hours

(

$                     21.00

-

$                    20.00

)

x

11000 hours

11000

Variance

$            11,000.00

Favourable-F

Labour Quantity Variance

(

Standard Hours = 4000 units x 3 hrs

-

Actual Hours

)

x

Standard Rate

(

12000

-

11000

)

x

$                        21.00

21000

Variance

$            21,000.00

Favourable-F


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