Huron Company produces a commercial cleaning compound known as Zoom. The direct materials and dire labor standards for one unit of Zoom are given below: Direct materials Direct labor Standard Quantity or Hours 4.6 pounds 0.2 hours Standard Price or Rate $ 2.50 per pound $18.00 per hour Standard Cost $11.50 $ 3.60 During the most recent month, the following activity was recorded: a. Twenty thousand pounds of material were purchased at a cost of $2.35 per pound. b. All of the material purchased was used to produce 4,000 units of Zoom. c. 750 hours of direct labor time were recorded at a total labor cost of $14,925. Required: 1. Compute the materials price and quantity variances for the month. 2. Compute the labor rate and efficiency variances for the month.

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In layman's terms, variance analysis is an analysis of a difference between planned and actual behavior. Variance analysis is mainly used by the companies to maintain a control over a business. After analyzing differences, companies find the reasons for the variance so that the necessary steps should be taken to correct that variance. 

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