The Standards for Product U31 Call for 7

question 112

Essay

The standards for product U31 call for 7.1 liters of a raw material that costs $12.10 per liter.Last month,1,900 liters of the raw material were purchased for $23,180.The actual output of the month was 200 units of product U31.A total of 1,200 liters of the raw material were used to produce this output.
Required:
a.What is the materials price variance for the month?
b.What is the materials quantity variance for the month?

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