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Financial & Managerial Accounting 17th Edition by Jan Williams ,Susan Haka,Mark Bettner,Joseph Carcello

Edition 17ISBN: 978-0078025778
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Financial & Managerial Accounting 17th Edition by Jan Williams ,Susan Haka,Mark Bettner,Joseph Carcello

Edition 17ISBN: 978-0078025778
Exercise 27
The manager of a manufacturing firm received the following information related to the last period's direct materials and direct labor variances:
The manager of a manufacturing firm received the following information related to the last period's direct materials and direct labor variances:    a. Ignoring all other variances, what are possible reasons for a favorable direct materials price variance? b. Given that the quality of direct materials purchased was exactly as expected, how would you explain the above combination of the four variances? a. Ignoring all other variances, what are possible reasons for a favorable direct materials price variance?
b. Given that the quality of direct materials purchased was exactly as expected, how would you explain the above combination of the four variances?
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