1.A company produces widgets with budgeted standard direct materials of 2 pounds per widget at $5 per pound. Standard direct labor was budgeted at 0.5 hour per widget at $15 per hour. The actual usage in the current year was 25,000 pounds (an actual cost of $4.75 per pound) and 3,000 hours (an actual rate of $17 per pound )to produce 10,000 widgets. What was the direct labor usage variance?

A. $30,000 favorable. B. $25,000 favorable. C. $25,000 unfavorable. D. $30,000 unfavorable.

2. The standard direct material cost to produce a unit of Lem is 4 meters of material at $2.50 per meter. During May of the current year, 4,200 meters of material costing $10,080 were purchased and used to produce 1,000 units of Lem. What was the material price variance for May?

a.$80 unfavorable b. 420 favorable c.420 favorable d. 500 favorable e.500 unfavorable

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