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Preparing a performance report Merriman Manufacturing Inc. has the following flexible b...

Preparing a performance report

Merriman Manufacturing Inc. has the following flexible budget formulas and amounts:

Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20 per unit

Direct materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 per unit

Direct labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 per unit

Variable factory overhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 per unit

Variable selling and administrative expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 per unit

Fixed factory overhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000 per month

Fixed selling and administrative expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 per month

Actual results for May for the production and sale of 6,000 units were as follows:

Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000

Direct materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,000

Direct labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,000

Variable factory overhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,500

Variable selling and administrative expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,500

Fixed factory overhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,750

Fixed selling and administrative expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,500

Prepare a performance report for May that includes the identification of the favorable and unfavorable variances.

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