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Question 1: 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 4.50 yards at $5.50 per yard

Direct labor of 3.00 hours at $16.00 per hour

Overhead applied per sleeping bag at $18.00

In the month of April, the company actually produced 4,900 sleeping bags using 24,300 yards of material at a cost of $5.30 per yard. The labor used was 11,500 hours at an average rate of $17.50 per hour. The actual overhead spending was $96,200.

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.

Question 2: 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 5.50 yards at $5.50 per yard

Direct labor of 3.00 hours at $20.00 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 $5.30 per yard. The labor used was 13,250 hours at an average rate of $20.50 per hour. The actual overhead spending was $96,200.

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.