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Question - Rudd Clothiers is a small company that manufactures tall-menâs suits. The company has used a standard cost accounting system. In May 2017, 11,250 suits were produced. The following standard and actual cost data applied to the month of May when normal capacity was 14,000 direct labor hours. All materials purchased were used.

Cost Element

Standard (per unit)

Actual

Direct materials8 yards at $4.40 per yard$375,575 for 90,500 yards ($4.15 per yard)Direct labor1.20 hours at $13.40 per hour$200,925 for 14,250 hours ($14.10 per hour)Overhead1.20 hours at $6.10 per hour (fixed $3.50; variable $2.60)$49,000 fixed overhead $37,000 variable overhead

Overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor hours. At normal capacity, budgeted fixed overhead costs were $49,000, and budgeted variable overhead was $36,400.

Compute the overhead controllable variance and the overhead volume variance.