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Standard Gears Produces Lawn Mower Gears How Much Is the Direct Material Price Variance?
A)$465 Favorable

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Standard Gears produces lawn mower gears.It uses units as the cost driver for overhead.The following information was provided concerning its standard cost system:  Actual Data  Budgeted and Stand ard Data  Produced 12,400 units  Budgeted units 12,500 units  Materials purchased 4,650lbs. for a total cost of $32,550 Budgeted materials 0.40lb.@$7.10 per lb. Materials used 4,700lbs. Budgeted labor 36 minutes @$11.00 per  hour  Labor worked 7,460 hrs. costing $79,822 Budgeted variable  overhead $35,625 Actual overhead  Fixed: $84,800 Variable $36,100 Budgeted fixed  overhead $85,500\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|}\hline{\text { Actual Data }} &&{\text { Budgeted and Stand ard Data }} \\\hline \text { Produced } & 12,400 \text { units } & \text { Budgeted units } & 12,500 \text { units } \\\hline \text { Materials purchased } & \begin{array}{c}4,650 \mathrm{lbs} . \text { for a total cost of } \\\$ 32,550\end{array} & \text { Budgeted materials } & 0.40 \mathrm{lb} . @ \$ 7.10 \text { per } \mathrm{lb} . \\\hline \text { Materials used } & 4,700 \mathrm{lbs} . &\text { Budgeted labor }& \begin{array}{c}36 \text { minutes } @ \$ 11.00 \text { per } \\\text { hour }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Labor worked } & 7,460 \text { hrs. costing } \$ 79,822 & \begin{array}{l}\text { Budgeted variable } \\\text { overhead }\end{array} & \$ 35,625 \\\hline \text { Actual overhead } & \begin{array}{l}\text { Fixed: } \$ 84,800 \\\text { Variable } \$ 36,100\end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Budgeted fixed } \\\text { overhead }\end{array} & \$ 85,500 \\\hline\end{array} How much is the direct material price variance?


A) $465 favorable
B) $1,846 favorable
C) $470 favorable
D) $2,201 favorable

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