Star Class Rings produces class rings. Its best-selling model has a direct material standard of 8 grams

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Star Class Rings produces class rings. Its best-selling model has a direct material standard of 8 grams of a special alloy per ring. This special alloy has a standard cost of $64.50 per gram. In the past month, the company purchased 9,000 grams of this alloy at a total cost of $577,800. A total of 8,600 grams were used last month to produce 1,000 rings.
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1. What is the actual cost per gram of the special alloy that Star Class Rings purchased last month?
2. What is the direct material price variance?
3. What is the direct material quantity variance?
4. How might the direct material price variance for the company last month be causing the direct material quantity variance?
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Managerial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0134128528

5th edition

Authors: Karen W. Braun, Wendy M. Tietz

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