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11. What is the variable
12. What amounts of advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses would be included in the company’s flexible budget for March?
13. What is the spending variance related to advertising?
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The Foundational 15 (Algo) [LO9-1, LO9-2, LO9-4, LO9-5, LO9-6]
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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: 4 pounds at $10.00 per pound
Direct labor: 2 hours at $16 per hour
Variable overhead: 2 hours at $6 per hour
Total standard variable cost per unit
The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses:
Variable
Fixed Cost per Cost per
Month
Unit Sold
Advertising
Sales salaries and commissions
Shipping expenses
$ 40.00
32.00
12.00
$ 84.00
$ 270,000
$ 240,000
$ 19.00
$ 10.00
The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 30,000 units. However, during March the company
actually produced and sold 34,500 units and incurred the following costs:
a. Purchased 150,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $9.20 per pound. All of this material was used in production.
b. Direct-laborers worked 62,000 hours at a rate of $17.00 per hour.
c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $390,600.
d. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $280,000, $490,000, and $185,000,
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The Foundational 15 (Algo) [LO9-1, LO9-2, LO9-4, LO9-5, LO9-6]
[The following Information applies to the questions displayed below.]
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: 4 pounds at $10.00 per pound
Direct labor: 2 hours at $16 per hour
Variable overhead: 2 hours at $6 per hour
Total standard variable cost per unit
The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses:
Variable
Fixed Cost per Cost per
Month
Unit Sold
Advertising
Sales salaries and commissions
Shipping expenses
$ 40.00
32.00
12.00
$ 84.00
$ 270,000
$ 240,000
$ 19.00
$ 10.00
The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 30,000 units. However, during March the company
actually produced and sold 34,500 units and incurred the following costs:
a. Purchased 150,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $9.20 per pound. All of this material was used in production.
b. Direct-laborers worked 62,000 hours at a rate of $17.00 per hour.
c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $390,600.
d. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $280,000, $490,000, and $185,000,
respectively.
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