Standard Direct Materials Cost per Unit Roanoke Company produces chocolate bars. The primary materials used in producing chocolate bars are cocoa, sugar, and milk. The standard costs for a batch of chocolate (1,273 bars) are as follows: Ingredient Quantity 540 lbs. 150 lbs. 120 gal. Cocoa Sugar Milk Price $0.30 per lb. $0.60 per lb. $1.40 per gal. Determine the standard direct materials cost per bar of chocolate. If required, round to the nearest cent. per bar
Variance Analysis
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Standard Costing
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The total cost of direct materials would be calculated as sum of costs for cocoa, sugar and milk.
Further, cost per bar would be calculated as total cost divided by number of bars produced.
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