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Unific Manufacturing Inc. is a biscuit manufacturer and produces different types of biscuits. With the management of the company determined to identify different labor variances, it has prepared the following data:
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Amount
The standard time for producing Chocolate biscuits
8,000 hours
Standard Wage Rate
$3 per hour
Number of workers employed
50
Number of working days
25
Hours worked per day by each worker
8 hours
Total wage bill footed
$50,000
Using the information mentioned above, you are required to calculate:
Labor rate variance and
Labor efficiency variance
The labor rate and labor efficiency variances will be:
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