Actual Price of Direct Materials: $5.50 per kg Standard Quantity of Direct Materials: 5000 kg Standard Price of Direct Materials: $5.00 per kg how did you find this?

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Actual Price of Direct Materials: $5.50 per kg Standard Quantity of Direct Materials: 5000 kg
Standard Price of Direct Materials: $5.00 per kg how did you find this?
Transcribed Image Text:Actual Price of Direct Materials: $5.50 per kg Standard Quantity of Direct Materials: 5000 kg Standard Price of Direct Materials: $5.00 per kg how did you find this?
King Limited operates a standard absorption costing system. During last month, it made only one product, the LION2. The following information is known about
LION2
Standard cost (for one unit of
LION2)
Direct materials
Direct labour
Vanable overhead
Fixed overhead
Standard cost
Standard profit
margin
Standard selling price
Budgeted output and sales for last month
800 units
4kg
2hours
2hours
2hours
Direct materials used
Actual results for last month (750 units of LION2 produced
and sold)
Direct labour worked
Variable overhead
Fixed overhead
Sales revenue
3200kg
2 200hours
S/kg
$/hour
$/hour
$/hour
750units
$/kg
Smour
6754
5.0
6,6
price/unit ($) 80
COST (5)
24
14
10
8
56
14
70
cost (5)
18 560
14 520
6 500
8,000
60 000
Required
a. Calculate total direct material variance and its two components (price and usage variances) for the last month.
b. Calculate total direct labour vanance and its two components (rate and efficiency variances) for the last month
c Suggest possible reasons for these variances
Transcribed Image Text:King Limited operates a standard absorption costing system. During last month, it made only one product, the LION2. The following information is known about LION2 Standard cost (for one unit of LION2) Direct materials Direct labour Vanable overhead Fixed overhead Standard cost Standard profit margin Standard selling price Budgeted output and sales for last month 800 units 4kg 2hours 2hours 2hours Direct materials used Actual results for last month (750 units of LION2 produced and sold) Direct labour worked Variable overhead Fixed overhead Sales revenue 3200kg 2 200hours S/kg $/hour $/hour $/hour 750units $/kg Smour 6754 5.0 6,6 price/unit ($) 80 COST (5) 24 14 10 8 56 14 70 cost (5) 18 560 14 520 6 500 8,000 60 000 Required a. Calculate total direct material variance and its two components (price and usage variances) for the last month. b. Calculate total direct labour vanance and its two components (rate and efficiency variances) for the last month c Suggest possible reasons for these variances
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