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Exercise $9-5($Algo$)$ Direct Labor Variances $[$LO$9-5]$

SkyChefs, Incorporated, prepares in$-$flight meals for a number of major airlines. One of the company's products is grilled salmon in dill sauce with baby new potatoes and spring vegetables. During the most recent week, the company prepared $4,800$ of these meals using $882$ direct labor$-$hours. The company paid its direct labor workers a total of $$10,143$ for this work, or $$11\mathrm{.}50$ per hour.

According to the standard cost card for this meal, it should require $0\mathrm{.}20$ direct labor$-$hours at a cost of $$10\mathrm{.}50$ per hour.

Required:

What is the standard labor$-$hours allowed $($SH$)$ to prepare $4,800$ meals?

What is the standard labor cost allowed $)$ to prepare $4,800$ meals?

What is the labor spending variance?

What is the labor rate variance and the labor efficlency variance?

$($For requirements $3$ and $4,$ indicate the effect of each variance by selecting $"$F$"$ for favorable, $"$U$"$ for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect $($i$.$e$.,$ zero variance$).$ Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round intermediate calculations.$)$

$\backslash$table$[[1.$ Standard labor$-$hours allowed,,$],[2.$ Standard labor cost allowed,,$],[3.$ Labor spending variance,,$],[4.$ Labor rate variance,,$],[4.$ Labor efficiency variance,,$]]$