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Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.) Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows: Direct material: 6 pounds at $8.00 per pound Direct labor: 3 hours at $14 per hour Variable overhead: 3 hours at $5 per hour Total standard variable cost per unit 42.00 15.00 $105.00 The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses: Variable Cost per Unit Sold Advertising Sales salaries and commissions Shipping expenses Fixed Cost per Month $ 250,000 $ 200,000 $ 17.00 $ 8.00 The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 19,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 24,000 units and incurred the following costs: a. Purchased 160,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $7.20 per pound. All of this material was used in production. b. Direct-laborers worked 60,000 hours at a rate of $15.00 per hour. c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $336,600. d. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $260,000, $480,000, and $165,000, respectively. 8. What is the direct labor rate variance for March? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.). Input the amount as a positive value.)

Answer 1

Direct Labor rate variance (Actual rate-Standard rate)*Actual hours Direct Labor rate variance ($15-$14)*60,000 Direct Labor rate variance $60,000u Note: Actual labor rate per hour is more than the standard labor rate, it leads to an unfavorable labor rate variance.