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Market Manufacturing Inc The Records for March Showed the Following Actual Results

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Market Manufacturing Inc. has developed the following standards for one of its products. The materials are not substitutable.
 Material 1  5yards $6/ yard $30 Material 2  6pieces $5/ piece $30 Direct labor  3hours $24/ hour $72 Total variable cost per unit $132\begin{array}{lllrcr}\text { Material 1 } & \text { 5yards } & \$ 6 / \text { yard } & \$ 30 \\\text { Material 2 } & \text { 6pieces } & \$ 5 / \text { piece } & \$ 30 \\\text { Direct labor } & \text { 3hours } & \$ 24 / \text { hour } & \$ 72 \\\text { Total variable cost per unit }&&&\$132\end{array}
The records for March showed the following actual results:
 Material 1  Purchased 10,000 yards for $58,000 Used 9,500 yards  Material 2  Purchased 15,000 pieces for $78,750 Used 12,100 pieces  Direct labor 5,900 hours for $147,500 Units produced 2,000 units \begin{array} { | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Material 1 } & \text { Purchased } & 10,000 \text { yards for } \$ 58,000 \\\hline & \text { Used } & 9,500 \text { yards } \\\hline \text { Material 2 } & \text { Purchased } & 15,000 \text { pieces for } \$ 78,750 \\\hline & \text { Used } & 12,100 \text { pieces } \\\hline \text { Direct labor } & & 5,900 \text { hours for } \$ 147,500 \\\hline \text { Units produced } & & 2,000 \text { units } \\\hline\end{array}
Required:
(1) Calculate the following variances:
(a) Material purchase price variance for material 1.
(b) Material quantity variance for material 1.
(c) Material purchase price variance for material 2.
(d) Material quantity variance for material 2.
(e) Labor rate variance.
(f) Labor efficiency variance.
(2) Give at least one possible cause for each of the following variances:
(a) material 2 quantity variance.
(b) labor rate variance.
(c) labor efficiency variance.

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