Cost Accounting, Student Value Edition (15th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133428858
Author: Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Distinguish between a favorable variance and an unfavorable variance.
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