Manatee Corp

question 55

Essay

Manatee Corp.has developed standard costs based on a predicted operating level of 352,000 units of production,which is 80% of capacity.Variable overhead is $281,600 at this level of activity,or $0.80 per unit.Fixed overhead is $440,000.The standard costs per unit are:
Manatee actually produced 330,000 units at 75% of capacity and actual costs for the period were:
Calculate the following variances and indicate whether each variance is favorable or unfavorable:
(1)Direct labor efficiency variance:
$__________________
(2)Direct materials price variance:
$__________________
(3)Controllable overhead variance:
$__________________

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