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Problem 10-11 Direct Materials and Direct Labor Variances; Computations from Incomplete Data [LO10-1, LO10-2]
Sharp Company manufactures a product for which the following standards have been set:
Standard Quantity or Hours |
Standard Price or Rate |
Standard Cost |
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Direct materials | 3 | feet | $ | 5 | per foot | $ | 15 | |
Direct labor | ? | hours | ? | per hour | ? | |||
During March, the company purchased direct materials at a cost of $57,510, all of which were used in the production of 3,125 units of product. In addition, 5,100 direct labor-hours were worked on the product during the month. The cost of this labor time was $51,000. The following variances have been computed for the month:
Materials quantity variance | $ | 1,050 | U |
Labor spending variance | $ | 3,500 |
U |
Labor efficiency variance | $ | 950 |
U |
Required:
1. For direct materials:
a. Compute the actual cost per foot of materials for March.
b. Compute the price variance and the spending variance.
2. For direct labor:
a. Compute the standard direct labor rate per hour.
b. Compute the standard hours allowed for the month’s production.
c. Compute the standard hours allowed per unit of product.