Accounting: What the Numbers Mean 9th Edition by Wayne W McManus, Daniel F Viele, David H Marshall

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Edition 9ISBN: 0073527068

Edition 9ISBN: 0073527068

Exercise 37

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Answer 1

a. Purchase price variance = (Standard price - Actual price) * Actual quantity purchased

= ($12.00 per board foot-???actual price) * 10,000 board feet purchased = $2,500 U.

Thus, the purchase price per board foot was $0.25 U ($2,500 U / 10,000), or $12.25.