More Hits Company manufactures aluminum baseball bats that it sells to university athletic departments. It has developed the following per unit standard costs for 2016 for each baseball bat:
In 2016, the company planned to produce 120,000 baseball bats at a level of 60,000 hours of direct labor.
Actual results for 2016 are presented below:
1. Direct materials purchases were 246,000 pounds of aluminum which cost $1,020,900.
2. Direct materials used were 220,000 pounds of aluminum.
3. Direct labor costs were $575,260 for 58,700 direct labor hours actually worked.
4. Total manufacturing overhead was $352,000.
5. Actual production was 114,000 baseball bats.
Instructions
(a) Compute the following variances:

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More Hits Company manufactures aluminum baseball bats that it sells to university athletic departments. It has developed the following per unit standard costs for 2016 for each baseball bat:  
In 2016, the company planned to produce 120,000 baseball bats at a level of 60,000 hours of direct labor.
Actual results for 2016 are presented below:
1. Direct materials purchases were 246,000 pounds of aluminum which cost $1,020,900.
2. Direct materials used were 220,000 pounds of aluminum.
3. Direct labor costs were $575,260 for 58,700 direct labor hours actually worked.
4. Total manufacturing overhead was $352,000.
5. Actual production was 114,000 baseball bats.
Instructions
(a) Compute the following variances:

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The Answer of More Hits Company manufactures aluminum baseball bats that it sells to university athletic departments. It has developed the following per unit standard costs for 2016 for each baseball bat:  
In 2016, the company planned to produce 120,000 baseball bats at a level of 60,000 hours of direct labor.
Actual results for 2016 are presented below:
1. Direct materials purchases were 246,000 pounds of aluminum which cost $1,020,900.
2. Direct materials used were 220,000 pounds of aluminum.
3. Direct labor costs were $575,260 for 58,700 direct labor hours actually worked.
4. Total manufacturing overhead was $352,000.
5. Actual production was 114,000 baseball bats.
Instructions
(a) Compute the following variances:

More Hits Company Manufactures Aluminum Baseball Bats That It Sells