Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
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ISBN: 9781260417074
Author: HILTON, Ronald
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 10, Problem 46P
Rocky Mountain Camping Equipment, Inc. has established the following direct-material standards for its two products.
During March, the company purchased 2,100 yards of tent fabric for its standard model at a cost of $13,440. The actual March production of the standard tent was 100 tents, and 1,250 yards of fabric were used. Also during March, the company purchased 800 yards of the same tent fabric for its deluxe backpacking tent at a cost of $6,320. The firm used 720 yards of the fabric during March in the production of 120 deluxe tents.
Required:
- 1. Compute the direct-material purchase price variance and quantity variance for March.
- 2. Prepare
journal entries to record the purchase of material, use of material, and incurrence of variances in March.
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Chapter 10 Solutions
Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
Ch. 10 - Prob. 1RQCh. 10 - What is meant by the phrase management by...Ch. 10 - Prob. 3RQCh. 10 - Prob. 4RQCh. 10 - Prob. 5RQCh. 10 - Prob. 6RQCh. 10 - What is the interpretation of the direct-material...Ch. 10 - What manager is usually in the best position to...Ch. 10 - What is the interpretation of the direct-material...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10RQ
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