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Sanchez Company's output for the current period was assigned a $400,000 standard direct labor cost. The direct labor variances included a $10,000 unfavorable direct labor rate variance and a $4,000 favorable direct labor efficiency variance. What is the actual total direct labor cost for the current period?

A) $414,000.
B) $386,000.
C) $394,000.
D) $406,000.
E) $410,000.

F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

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Ship Co. produces storage crates that require 1.2 meters of material at $.85 per meter and 0.1 direct labor hours at $15.00 per hour. Overhead is applied at the rate of $9 per direct labor hour. What is the total standard cost for one unit of product that would appear on a standard cost card?

A) $25.02.
B) $11.52.
C) $2.40.
D) $2.52.
E) $3.42.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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A company has established 5 pounds of Material J at $2 per pound as the standard for the material in its Product Z. The company has just produced 1,000 units of this product, using 5,200 pounds of Material J that cost $9,880.The direct materials price variance is:

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Grant Co. uses the following standard to produce a single unit of its product: Variable overhead (2 hrs. per unit @ $4/hr.) Actual data for the month show total variable overhead costs of $190,000, and 23,000 units produced. The total variable overhead variance is:

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Use the following data to find the total direct labor cost variance if the company produced 3,500 units during the period.

Based on predicted production of 25,000 units, FreshCo. anticipates $175,000 of fixed costs and $137,500 of variable costs. What are the flexible budget amounts of total costs for 20,000 and 30,000 units?

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Should both favorable and unfavorable variances be investigated, or only the unfavorable ones? Explain.

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Fletcher Company collected the following data regarding production of one of its products. Compute the fixed overhead cost variance.

The following information relating to a company's overhead costs is available. Based on this information, the total variable overhead variance is:

Gala Enterprises reports the following information regarding the production of one of its products for the month. Compute the total direct materials cost variance, the direct materials price variance, the direct materials quantity variance and identify each as either favorable or unfavorable.