Preble Company manufactures one product

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Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows:


Direct material: 5 pounds at $8.00 per pound	$	40.00
Direct labor: 4 hours at $14.00 per hour		56.00
Variable overhead: 4 hours at $4.00 per hour		16.00

Total standard variable cost per unit	$	112.00

The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses:

	Fixed Cost per Month		Variable Cost per Unit Sold
Advertising	$	310,000
Sales salaries and commissions	$	100,000	$	12.00
Shipping expenses			$	5.00

The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 21,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 24,000 units and incurred the following costs:

a. Purchased 150,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $6.40 per pound. All of this material was used in production.

b. Direct-laborers worked 87,000 hours at a rate of $15.00 per hour.

c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $350,500.

d. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $320,000, $350,610, and $126,000, respectively.

Q1-What raw materials cost would be included in the company's flexible budget for March?

Q2- What is the materials quantity variance for March? (Input the amount as a positive value. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect.

Q3- if Preble had purchased 181,000 pounds of materials at $6 per pound and used 150,000 pounds in production, what would be the materials quantity variance for March?

Q4 What direct labor cost would be included in the company's flexible budget for March?

Q5 What is the direct labor efficiency variance for March?

Q6 What is the direct labor rate variance for March?

Q7 What variable manufacturing overhead cost would be included in the company's flexible budget for March?

Q8 What is the variable overhead efficiency variance for March?

Q9 What amounts of advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses would be included in the company's flexible budget for March?

Preble Company

Flexible Budget

For the Month Ended March 31

Units sold (q) 24,000

Expenses:

Advertising

Sales salaries and commissions

Shipping expenses

Total

Q10 What is the spending variance related to advertising?

Q11 What is the spending variance related to sales salaries and commissions?

Q12 What is the spending variance related to shipping expenses?

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