Reference no: EM131801983

Question - You have started working as a cost accountant for a firm that has only been in business for one month. The firm is able to buy a new type of biodegradable plastic at a fixed price of $100 per roll. The plastic is then cut and sealed to make garbage bags. Fixed factory overhead is estimated to be $125,000 per month. During this past month, 8,000 cartons of garbage bags were produced, which represents 80% of the activity volume. You are given the following information:

Rolls of plastic used 40

Variable overhead incurred $61,000

Overhead efficiency variance $5,000U

Standard costs per carton of garbage bags:

Labour hours 2

Wage rate $8per hour

Total overhead $20

Rolls of plastic 0.004rolls

Calculate the following: Materials quantity variance $ ___________ favorable/unfavorable or neither.