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TB MC Qu. 9-315 Tharaldson Corporation makes ...
Tharaldson Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs:
Standard Quantity or Hours | Standard Price or Rate | Standard Cost Per Unit | |||||||
Direct materials | 6.5 | ounces | $ | 2.00 | per ounce | $ | 13.00 | ||
Direct labor | 0.2 | hours | $ | 23.00 | per hour | $ | 4.60 | ||
Variable overhead | 0.2 | hours | $ | 6.00 | per hour | $ | 1.20 | ||
The company reported the following results concerning this product in June.
Originally budgeted output | 2,700 | units | |
Actual output | 2,800 | units | |
Raw materials used in production | 19,380 | ounces | |
Purchases of raw materials | 21,400 | ounces | |
Actual direct labor-hours | 500 | hours | |
Actual cost of raw materials purchases | $ | 40,660 | |
Actual direct labor cost | $ | 12,050 | |
Actual variable overhead cost | $ | 3,100 | |
The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased.
The materials price variance for June is:
Materials Price Variance
= (SP - AP) *AQ
= (2 - 40,660/21,400) * 21,400
= (2 - 1.90) * 21,400
= 2140 F