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Sharp Company manufactures a product for which the following standards have been set:
| Standard Quantity or Hours |
Standard Price or Rate |
Standard Cost |
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| Direct materials | 3 | feet | $ | 11 | per foot | $ | 33 | |
| Direct labor | ? | hours | ? | per hour | ? | |||
During March, the company purchased direct materials at a cost of $111,300, all of which were used in the production of 3,200 units of product. In addition, 4,900 direct labor-hours were worked on the product during the month. The cost of this labor time was $95,550. The following variances have been computed for the month:
| Materials quantity variance | $ | 4,400 | U |
| Labor spending variance | $ | 450 | F |
| Labor efficiency variance | $ | 2,000 | U |
Required:
1. For direct materials:
a. Compute the actual cost per foot of materials for March.
b. Compute the price variance and the spending variance.
2. For direct labor:
a. Compute the standard direct labor rate per hour.
b. Compute the standard hours allowed for the month’s production.
c. Compute the standard hours allowed per unit of product.
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