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Labour rate variance

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 9 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • July 9, 2016 at 4:42 pm #325004
    llylandra
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    Can someone please help me with this, I don’t understand how they got 2hrs

    Mark has the following results:
    10,000 hours actually worked and paid costing $126,000.
    If the rate variance is $1400 adverse, the efficiency variance $498 favourable and 5020 units were produced, what is the standard production time per unit?

    July 10, 2016 at 8:03 am #325119
    John Moffat
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    In future, you must ask in the Ask the Tutor Forum if you want me to answer – this forum is for students to help each other.

    The standard cost for the 10,000 hours actually worked must be 126,000 – 1,400 = 124,600.
    Therefore the standard cost per hour must be 124,600 / 10,000 = $12.46

    Since the efficiency variance was $498, they must have worked 498/12.46 = 40 hours less than expected.
    Therefore the 5020 units were expected to take 10,000 + 40 = 10,040 hours.

    Therefore the standard time per unit = 10,040 / 5,200 = 2 hours.

    July 20, 2016 at 7:44 pm #328090
    iyamu
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    Sir, if 40 hours was less than expected then how many hours were expected because I taught since efficiency variance was favorable, it therefore means they have worked faster . 10000 hours were actually worked .

    July 20, 2016 at 8:54 pm #328109
    John Moffat
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    If you are wanting me to answer then you must ask in the Ask the Tutor Forum (read my previous reply).

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