The Russell Company provides the following standard cost data per unit of product: Direct material (3 gallons @ $3 per gallon) Direct labor (2 hours @ $13 per hour) During the period, the company produced and sold 24,000 units, incurring the following costs: 75,000 gallons @ 48,500 hours @ $ 2.90 per gallon $12.75 per hour Direct material Direct labor The direct labor usage variance was: Multiple Choice $6,500 unfavorable. $9.00 $26.00

Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows: Direct material: 4 pounds at $9.00 per pound Direct labor: 3 hours at $15 per hour Variable overhead: 3 hours at $6 per hour Total standard variable cost per unit The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses: Advertising Sales salaries and commissions Shipping expenses Fixed Cost per Month $36.00 45.00 18.00 $99.00 $ 210,000 $ 120,000 Variable manufacturing overhead cost Variable Cost per Unit Sold $ 13.00 $ 4.00 The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 26,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 31,000 units and incurred the following costs: a. Purchased 155,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $7.20 per pound. All of this material was used in production. b. Direct-laborers worked 56,000 hours at a rate of $16.00…

The controller of Sheridan Industries has collected the following monthly cost data for use in analyzing the behavior of maintenance costs. Month Total Maintenance Costs Total Machine Hours January $2,930 350 February 3,230 400 March 3,830 550 April 4,730 640 May 3,430 550 June 5,730 750 Determine the unit variable costs using the high-low method for this mixed cost. (Round answer to 2 decimal places e.g. 2.25.) Variable cost per machine hour eTextbook and Media Determine the fixed costs using the high-low method for this mixed cost.

Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows: $ 55.00 Direct material: 5 pounds at $11.00 per pound Direct labor: 3 hours at $12 per hour Variable overhead: 3 hours at $7 per hour 36.00 21.00 Total standard variable cost per unit $112.00 The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses: Fixed Cost Variable Cost per Month $ 280,000 $ 260,000 per Unit Sold Advertising Sales salaries and commissions $ 20.00 $ 11.00 Shipping expenses The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 21,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 26,600 units and incurred the following costs: a. Purchased 154,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $9.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production. b. Direct-laborers worked 63,000 hours at a rate of $13.00 per hour. c. Total variable…