Community Manufacturing Inc. developed the following standard costs for direct material and direct labor for one of their major products, the 30-gallon heavy-duty plastic container.

Standard Quantity Standard Price
Direct Materials 0.20 pounds $26 per pounds
Direct labor 0.10 hours $14 per hour
During May, Community produced and sold 10,000 containers using 2,200 pounds of direct materials at an average cost per pound of $24 and 1,050
direct labor hours at an average wage of $14.75 per hour.
1. May's direct material price variance was:
2. May's direct material quantity variance was:
3. May's direct labor cost variance was:
4. May's direct labor rate variance was:
5. May's direct labor efficiency variance was:

11.     before adding cream to a simmering soup, you need to a. simmer the cream. b. chill the cream. c. strain the cream through cheesecloth. d. allow the cream reach room temperature. student d   incorrect which answer is right?

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows.direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow.fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.

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