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Dear John,
For the below question the Marking Scheme illustrates the Answer as: (4,800 units × 5 hours × $10 per hour) ÷ 0.80 =$300,000
I don’t seem to understand the part how & why we divide by ÷ 0.80
Please be kind enough to explain.
Question;
Budgeted production in a factory for next period is 4,800 units.
Each unit
requires five labour hours to make. Labour is paid $10 per hour.
Idle time
represents 20% of the total labour time.
What is the budgeted total labour cost for the
next period?
Thank You!
For every 100 hours that they pay for, 20 will be idle and therefore only 80 hours will be worked.
So to work 80 hours they need to pay for 100 hours.
Therefore to work 5 hours they will need to pay for 5 x 100/80 = 6.25 hours
Thank You,
I understand it now.
You are welcome 🙂