G Carnival Enterprises produced 8,000 completed units of a product. According to manufacturing specifications, standard hours for each unit is equal to 2 hours. The company's actual total labor cost amounted to $200,600 for 17000 direct labors actually used. If the standard labor cost per hour is $12, Carnival's labor rate variance is:

Direct labor rate variance= $3,400 favorable

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

The company's actual total labor cost amounted to $200,600 for 17000 direct labor hours used. The standard labor cost per hour is $12.

To calculate the direct labor rate balance, we need to use the standard rate, actual rate, and actual quantity. We need to calculate the actual rate first.

Actual rate= 200,600/17,000= $11.8 per hour

Now, we can calculate the direct labor rate variance:

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

Direct labor rate variance= (12 - 11.8)*17,000= $3,400 favorable

It is favorable because the actual rate was lower than the standard.