Chapter 20, Problem 20.9DMP

Under Armour Manufacturing's standard materials cost per unit of output is $12.96 (2.40 pounds × $5.40). During August, the company purchases and uses 3,400 pounds of materials costing $18,530 in making 1,500 units of the finished product. Compute the total, price, and quantity materials variances.

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Chevrolet Creative Agency applies overhead to jobs based on direct professional labor hours. Overhead was estimated to be $248,000, direct professional labor hours were estimated at 31,000, and direct labor cost was projected to be $460,000. During the year, Chevrolet incurred actual overhead costs of $230,500, actual direct professional labor hours of 26,500, and actual direct labor costs of $395,000. By year-end, the firm's overhead was __.