Biscuit Company Has Developed the Following Standards for One of Its

question 69

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Biscuit Company has developed the following standards for one of its products. Direct labor hours is the driver used to assign overhead costs to products. $\begin{array}{ll}\text { Direct materials: } & 10 \text { pounds } \times \$ 3 \text { per pound } \\\text { Direct labor: } & 2.5 \text { hours } \times \$ 8 \text { per hour } \\\text { Variable manufacturing overhead: } & 2.5 \text { hours } \times \$ 2 \text { per hour }\end{array}$

$\text { The following activity occurred during the month of June: }$

$\begin{array}{ll}\text { Materials purchased: } & 125,000 \text { pounds at } \$ 2.60 \text { per pound } \\\text { Materials used: } & 110,000 \text { pounds } \\\text { Units produced: } & 10,000 \text { units } \\\text { Direct labor: } & 24,000 \text { hours at } \$ 7.50 \text { per hour } \\\text { Actual variable manufacturing overhead: } & \$ 51,000\end{array}$ The company records materials price variances at the time of purchase.
The direct labor efficiency variance is

• A)$8,000 unfavorable.
• B)$8,000 favorable.
• C)$20,000 unfavorable.
• D)$20,000 favorable.

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