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Photo Corporation Makes a Product with the Following Standard Costs

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Photo Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs:
 Inputs  Standard Quantity or Hours  Standard Price or Rate  Direct materials 7.8 kilos $1.00 per kilo  Direct labor 0.4 hours $18.00 per hour  Variable overhead 0.4 hours $3.00 per hour \begin{array}{lcc}\text { Inputs } & \text { Standard Quantity or Hours } & \text { Standard Price or Rate }\\\text { Direct materials } & 7.8 \text { kilos } & \$ 1.00 \text { per kilo } \\\text { Direct labor } & 0.4 \text { hours } & \$ 18.00 \text { per hour } \\\text { Variable overhead } & 0.4 \text { hours } & \$ 3.00 \text { per hour }\end{array}


The company reported the following results concerning this product in August.
 Actual output 8,500 units  Raw materials used in production 65,550 kilos  Purchases of raw materials 69,000 kilos  Actual direct labor-hours 3,410 hours  Actual cost of raw materials purchases $75,900 Actual direct labor cost $66,495 Actual variable overhead cost $9,889\begin{array}{lr}\text { Actual output } & 8,500 \text { units } \\\text { Raw materials used in production } & 65,550 \text { kilos } \\\text { Purchases of raw materials } & 69,000 \text { kilos } \\\text { Actual direct labor-hours } & 3,410 \text { hours } \\\text { Actual cost of raw materials purchases } & \$ 75,900 \\\text { Actual direct labor cost } & \$ 66,495 \\\text { Actual variable overhead cost } & \$ 9,889\end{array}

The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased.
Required:
a. Compute the materials quantity variance.
b. Compute the materials price variance.
c. Compute the labor efficiency variance.
d. Compute the direct labor rate variance.
e. Compute the variable overhead efficiency variance.
f. Compute the variable overhead rate variance.

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a.Materials quantity variance = SP(AQ - ...

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