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Direct Materials and Direct Labor Variance Analysis

Shasta Fixture Company manufactures faucets in a small manufacturing facility. The faucets are made from brass. Manufacturing has 30 employees. Each employee presently provides 36 hours of labor per week. Information about a production week is as follows:

Standard wage per hour	$15.60
Standard labor time per unit	20 min.
Standard number of lbs. of brass	1.4 lbs.
Standard price per lb. of brass	$11.25
Actual price per lb. of brass	$11.50
Actual lbs. of brass used during the week	9,517 lbs.
Number of units produced during the week	6,600
Actual wage per hour	$16.07
Actual hours for the week (30 employees 36 hours)	1,080

Required:

a. Determine the standard cost per unit for direct materials and direct labor. Round the cost per unit to two decimal places.

Direct materials standard cost per unit	$ fill in the blank 1
Direct labor standard cost per unit	$ fill in the blank 2
Total standard cost per unit	$ fill in the blank 3

b. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Materials Price Variance	$ fill in the blank 4	FavorableUnfavorable
Direct Materials Quantity Variance	$ fill in the blank 6	FavorableUnfavorable
Total Direct Materials Cost Variance	$ fill in the blank 8	FavorableUnfavorable

c. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance. Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Direct Labor Rate Variance	$ fill in the blank 10	FavorableUnfavorable
Direct Labor Time Variance	$ fill in the blank 12	FavorableUnfavorable
Total Direct Labor Cost Variance	$ fill in the blank 14

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