1. Given the following performance report, determine the total amount of variance and if it is favorable or unfavorable. Actual costs: Maintenance is $50,000; Power is $80,000; and Indirect Labor is $10,000. Budgeted costs: Maintenance is $45,000; Power is 81,000; and Indirect Labor is $8,000.
2. We prepare a budget based on manufacturing 20,000 chairs this month. Budgeted costs are: Fixed manufacturing costs = $50,000 per month; Variable manufacturing costs = $10 per chair. However; we actually produced 21,000 chairs during March. How much is the flexible budget for March?
3. Please determine the total amount of Direct Labor in our Budget for January and February together given the following information: Direct labor per unit = .25 hours; Direct labor rate is $30 per hour; Expected number of units to produce in January is 20,000 units and in February is 15,000 units.