Camps Incorporated Has a Standard Cost System

question 9

Essay

Camps Incorporated has a standard cost system. The standards for direct materials for one of its products specify 4.4 ounces of a particular input per unit of output at a standard cost of $6.40 per ounce. The company has reported the following actual results for the product for May:
Required:
a. Compute the materials price variance for this input for May.
b. Compute the materials quantity variance for this input for May.

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