Baller Industries, a manufacturer of sports shoes, uses a standard cost system. When Vanessa Alvarez, the cost accountant for the company, started to analyze the labor variances for May, she discovered that some of the data had inadvertently been destroyed.
From a review of the data available, Vanessa learns that the total labor cost variance for May was $2,420 unfavorable and that the standard labor rate was $12 per hour. A cost-of-living adjustment in the workers' hourly rate caused an unfavorable labor price variance of $0.20 per hour. Total standard labor hours for May's output of shoes was 6,000 hours.
Determine the actual number of labor hours worked in May.