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  • November 17, 2014 at 10:08 pm #210815
    maas
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    sir,

    please correct me if I’m wrong.

    Y plc produces widgets.

    Each widget should take hours to make . the standard rate of pay is $ 10 per hour. Idle time is expected to be 5% of hours paid.

    They actually produce 10,800 units. They pay $50,000 for 6000 hours , of which hours are idle.

    What is the labour efficiency variance?

    Standard rate pay = 10 + (10 x .05) = $ 10.50

    Efficiency variance

    Actual hours worked (6000 – 330) = 5670
    Std hours for Actual prod (10800x.5) = 5400 std cost
    = 270 x $10.5 = $ 2835

    November 18, 2014 at 9:45 am #210914
    John Moffat
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    Sorry, but you are wrong.

    The standard rate of pay for hours worked is 10/0.95 = $10.53 per hour.

    So the variance is 270 x $10.53 = $2843.

    November 18, 2014 at 3:48 pm #211028
    maas
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    Thank you sir,

    sir, why do we divide $10/.95. I clear. Its not clear. please help

    November 18, 2014 at 4:46 pm #211065
    John Moffat
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    Have you watched the free lecture???
    You cannot expect me to type out the lecture here!!!

    For every 1 hour we pay, we only get 0.95 hours of work.
    So 0.95 hours of work costs $10.

    Therefore 1 hour of work costs 10/0.95.

    November 18, 2014 at 6:26 pm #211083
    maas
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    I’m really sorry if I ask a wrong question from you, I watch all the lectures both F2 & F5.Yet I watch the Variance Analysis again to make it more clear. Since they have given the Std Idle time as % I thought I should multiply by % the std price. sorry again 🙁

    Thank you very much for the clear answer….

    November 18, 2014 at 7:12 pm #211096
    John Moffat
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    It is no problem, and you are welcome 🙂

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