Pochard Paints manufactures artist’s oil paints. Each 40 ml tube of paint requires 5 minutes of direct labor, and the standard labor rate is $9 per direct labor hour. In September, Pochard incurred 10,800 direct labor hours at a cost of $95,000 to produce 120,000 tubes of paint. Calculate Pochard’s direct labor rate variance for September. (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. If variance is zero, select "Not Applicable" and enter 0 for the amounts.)

Answer:

Direct labor rate variance= $2,160 favorable

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

The standard labor rate is $9 per direct labor hour.

In September, Pochard incurred 10,800 direct labor hours for $95,000.

To calculate the direct labor rate variance, we need to use the following formula:

Direct labor rate variance= (Standard Rate - Actual Rate)*Actual Quantity

Actual rate= 95,000/10,800= $8.80

Direct labor rate variance= (9 - 8.8)*10,800

Direct labor rate variance= $2,160 favorable

It is favorable because the hourly rate was cheaper than estimated.

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Direct materials information Medium speed bump Large speed bump

Standard pounds per unit 15 ?

Standard price per pound $1.00 $1.80

Actual quantity purchased and used per unit ? 16

Actual price paid for material per pound $1.80 $2.10

Direct materials price variance $1,120 U $1,920 U

Direct materials quantity variance $100 F ?

Total direct material variance ? $480 U

Number of units produced 100 400


Calculate missing direct material variables

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