Question 3 Owen plc manufactures one product, and the entire product is sold as soon as it is produced. The company operates a standard costing system and analysis of variances is made every month. The standard cost card for a product is as follows. Materials (4 Kg at £4 per Kg) Labour (4 Hours at £5 per hr) Variable overheads (5 hrs at £2 per hr) Fixed overheads (6 hrs at £3 per hr) Budgeted selling price is £80 per unit Budgeted production Budgeted sales There is no opening inventory The actual results are as follows: Sales: 8,400 units for £613,200 Production: 9,900 units Actual costs: Materials (35,464 kg): £163,455 £ per Unit 16 20 10 18 £64 8.900 units 8,200 units

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