FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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McDaniel Company manufactures 100-pound bags of fertilizer that have the following unit
standard costs for direct materials and direct labor:Direct materials (100 lbs. @ $1.00 per lb.) $100.00 Direct labor (0.5 hours at $24 per hour) 12.00 Total standard prime cost per 100-lb. bag $112.00 The following activities were recorded for October:
- 1,000 bags were manufactured.
- 95,000 lbs. of materials costing $76,000 were purchased.
- 102,500 lbs. of materials were used.
- $12,000 was paid for 475 hours of direct labor.
There were no beginning or ending work-in-process inventories.
Required:
A. Compute the direct materials variances.
Materials price variance $fill in the blank 1 Favorable Materials usage variance $fill in the blank 3 Unfavorable B. Compute the direct labor variances.
Labor rate variance $fill in the blank 5 Unfavorable Labor efficiency variance $fill in the blank 7 Favorable
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