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Questions -

Q1) Bowie Sporting Goods manufactures sleeping bags. The manufacturing standards per sleeping bag, based on 5,000 sleeping bags per month, are as follows:

Direct material of 5.00 yards at $6.00 per yard

Direct labor of 2.00 hours at $18.00 per hour

Overhead applied per sleeping bag at $18.00

In the month of April, the company actually produced 4,900 sleeping bags using 24,200 yards of material at a cost of $6.10 per yard. The labor used was 11,500 hours at an average rate of $19.50 per hour. The actual overhead spending was $96,200.

Required - Determine the materials price variance and round to the nearest whole dollar. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number. Enter an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

Q2) Bowie Sporting Goods manufactures sleeping bags. The manufacturing standards per sleeping bag, based on 5,000 sleeping bags per month, are as follows:

Direct material of 4.00 yards at $5.25 per yard

Direct labor of 2.50 hours at $16.00 per hour

Overhead applied per sleeping bag at $18

In the month of April, the company actually produced 5,100 sleeping bags using 26,800 yards of material at a cost of $5.50 per yard. The labor used was 12,250 hours at an average rate of $16.50 per hour. The actual overhead spending was $96,200.

Required - Determine the labor quantity variance and round to the nearest whole dollar. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number. Enter an unfavorable variance as a positive number.