Standard and Actual Costs for Direct Materials for the Manufacture $\begin{array}{ll}1,5501 \mathrm{bs} .@ \$ 9.10 & \text { Actual costs } \\1,6001 \mathrm{bs} . @\$ 9.00 & \text { Standard costs }\end{array}$

question 148

Essay

Standard and actual costs for direct materials for the manufacture of 1,000 units of product were as follows:
$\begin{array}{ll}1,5501 \mathrm{bs} .@ \$ 9.10 & \text { Actual costs } \\1,6001 \mathrm{bs} . @\$ 9.00 & \text { Standard costs }\end{array}$
Determine the (a) quantity variance, (b) price variance, and (c) total direct materials cost variance.

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