Reference no: EM132611361
Malmuta Company uses a standard cost system. The stand cost card for one of its products shows the following materials standards:
MATERIALS PONDS STANDARD PRICE PER POND AMOUNT
A 20 .70 14
B 5 .40 2
C 25 .20 5
Total materials cost per unit 21
The standard 50 lb. mix cost per lb. is $ .42 ($21/50lbs.). The standard mix should product 40 lbs. of finished product, and the standard cost of finished product per lb. is $.525 ($21/40lbs.).
Materials of 500,000 lbs. were used as follows:
Material A 230,000 lbs. @$. Material B 50,000 @$.35
Material C 220,000 @$.25
The output of finished product was 390,000 lbs.
Required:
Question 1: product analysis showing materials price, mix, and yield variances.