Rapache Clothiers is a small company that manufactures tall-mens suits. The company has used a standard cost

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Rapache Clothiers is a small company that manufactures tall-men’s suits. The company has used a standard cost accounting system. In May 2010, 11,200 suits were produced. The following standard and actual cost data applied to the month of May when normal capacity was 14,000 direct labor hours. All materials purchased were used.

Cost Element Direct materials Standard (per unit) 8 yards at $4.30 per yard Actual $371,050 for 90,500 yards ($4.10 per

Overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor hours. At normal capacity, budgeted fixed overhead costs were $49,000, and budgeted variable overhead was $35,000.


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(a) Compute the total, price, and quantity variances for (1) materials and (2) labor.

(b) Compute the total overhead variance.

(c) Which of the materials and labor variances should be investigated if management considers a variance of more than 4% from standard to be significant?

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