Problem 9-20 Basic Variance Analysis; the Impact of Variances on Unit Costs [LO94, LO9-5, L09-6] Koontz Company manufactures a number of products. The standards relating to one of these products are shown below, along with actual cost data for May Cost per Cost Standard: 1.90 feet at $4.00 per foot Actual: 1.85 feet at $4.40 per foot 8.14 Direot labori 17-60 Standards 1.10 hours at $16.00 per hour Actualt 1.15 hours at $15.40 per hour Variable overbeads Standardi 1.10 hours at $9.00 per hour Actual: 1.15 hours at $8.60 per hour 9.90 35.10 35.74 Total cost per unit Excess of actual coat over standard cont per unit 0.64 The production superintendent was pleased when he saw this report and commented: "This $0.64 excess cost is well within the 4 percent limit management has set for acceptable variances. It's obvious that there's not much to worry about with this product. Actual production for the month was 17,500 units. Variable overhead cost is assigned to products on the basis of direct labor-hours. There were no beginning or ending inventories of materials Required 1. Compute the following variances for May a. Materials price and quantity variances. b. Labor rate and efficiency variances. c. Variable overhead rate and efficiency variances 2. How much of the $0.64 excess unit cost is traceable to each of the variances computed in (1) above. 80, 12 Next > MacBook Air 3 5 7 8