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Fundamentals of Cost Accounting 3rd Edition by William N. Lanen, Shannon W. Anderson, Michael Maher

Edition 3ISBN: 0073527114
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Fundamentals of Cost Accounting 3rd Edition by William N. Lanen, Shannon W. Anderson, Michael Maher

Edition 3ISBN: 0073527114
Exercise 21

Industry Volume and Market Share: Missing Data

The following graph is similar to that in Exhibit 17.4.

 <span class=bold>Industry Volume and Market Share: Missing Data</span> The following graph is similar to that in Exhibit 17.4.   <span class=bold><span class=italics>Required</span></span> Find the missing amounts: <span class=italics>a.</span> Industry volume variance. <span class=italics>b.</span> Actual industry volume. <span class=italics>c.</span> Budgeted market share. <span class=italics>d.</span> Budgeted industry volume. <span class=italics>e.</span> Actual market share.

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Find the missing amounts:

a. Industry volume variance.


b. Actual industry volume.


c. Budgeted market share.


d. Budgeted industry volume.


e. Actual market share.

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Industry volume variance shows the deviation of sales activity variance in comparison to industry volume. The market share variance shows the deviation of activity variance in comparison to market share which is the share of market that the company holds in the industry which shows the total sales of the product of the company as a percentage of total market sales.

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Industry volume variance is the difference between activity variance of 100,000 more units and market share variance of 120,000 more units.

    <div class=answer> Industry volume variance shows the deviation of sales activity variance in comparison to industry volume. The market share variance shows the deviation of activity variance in comparison to market share which is the share of market that the company holds in the industry which shows the total sales of the product of the company as a percentage of total market sales. a. Industry volume variance is the difference between activity variance of 100,000 more units and market share variance of 120,000 more units.   The industry volume variance is 20,000 more units .

The industry volume variance is 20,000 more units.


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