Cole Laboratories Makes and Sells a Lawn Fertilizer Called Fastgro
Question 57
Question 57
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Cole Laboratories makes and sells a lawn fertilizer called Fastgro. The company has developed standard costs for one bag of Fastgro as follows: Direct Materials Direct Labour Variable Manufacturing Overhead Standard Quantity 20 kilograms 0.1 hours 0.1 hours Standard Cost per Bag $8.001.10.40 The company had no beginning inventories of any kind on January 1. Variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production on the basis of direct labour hours. The results of the company's operations during January are as follows: Production of Fastgro: Direct Materials Purchased Direct Labour Used Variable Manufacturing Overhead Incurred Inventory of Direct Materials on January 314,000 bags 85,000 kilograms at a cost of $32,300390 hours at a cost of $4,875$1,4753,000 kilograms -What was the materials price variance for January?
A) $1,300 unfavourable. B) $1,640 favourable. C) $1,640 unfavourable. D) $1,700 favourable.
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