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Bayou Barbecue Inc. bottles and sells barbecue sauce. In the current year, the company had expected to sell 500,000 bottles but actually bottled and sold 600,000 bottles. The standard direct materials cost for each bottle is $.36 comprised of 12 ounces of material at a cost of $.03 per ounce. During the year, 7,800,000 ounces of material was purchased out of which 7,350,000 ounces were used at a cost of $.035 per ounce.
Required: Compute each of the following variances. Indicate whether the variance is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).
Bayou Barbecue Inc. bottles and sells barbecue sauce. In the current year, the company had expected to sell 500,000 bottles but actually bottled and sold 600,000 bottles. The standard direct materials cost for each bottle is $.36 comprised of 12 ounces of material at a cost of $.03 per ounce. During the year, 7,800,000 ounces of material was purchased out of which 7,350,000 ounces were used at a cost of $.035 per ounce. Required: Compute each of the following variances. Indicate whether the variance is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).


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