Hunter Family Instruments makes cellos. During the past year, the company made 3,500 cellos even though the

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Hunter Family Instruments makes cellos. During the past year, the company made 3,500 cellos even though the budget planned for 3,600. The company paid its workers an average of $20 per hour, which was $0.50 higher than the stan­dard labor rate. The production manager budgets 6 direct labor hours per cello. During the year, a total of 20,840 direct labor hours were worked.


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a. Calculate the direct labor rate and efficiency variances.

b. What might have caused the variances you calculated?

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Managerial Accounting

ISBN: 9781119577669

4th Edition

Authors: Charles E. Davis, Elizabeth Davis

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