Chapter 10 Standard Costs and Variances
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126. The materials quantity variance for December is:
127. The materials price variance for December is:
The auto repair shop of Empire Motor Sales uses standards to control labor time and labor
cost in the shop. The standard time for a motor tune-up is 2.5 hours. The record showing time
spent in the shop last week on tune-ups has been misplaced; however, the shop supervisor
recalls that 50 tune-ups were completed during the week and the controller recalls that the
labor rate variance on tune-ups was $87, favorable. The shop has a set standard labor rate of
$9 per hour for tune-up work. The total labor variance for the week on tune-up work was $93,
unfavorable.