Managerial Accounting
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Chapter 8, Problem 21QS
Sales variances A1
In a recent year, BMW sold 182,158 of its 1 series cars. Assume the company expected to sell 191. 158 of these cars during the year. Also assume the budgeted sales price for each car was $30,000 and the actual sales price for each car was $30,200. Compute the sales price variance and the sales volume variance.
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Managerial Accounting
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