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AccountingManagerial AccountingThe materials cost variance report for Nickols Inc. indicates a large favorable materials price variance and a significant unfavorable materials quantity variance. What might have caused these offsetting variances?

The materials cost variance report for Nickols Inc. indicates a large favorable materials price variance and a significant unfavorable materials quantity variance. What might have caused these offsetting variances?

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Managerial Accounting

15th Edition
Carl Warren + 1 other
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
ISBN: 9781337912020
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Managerial Accounting

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Carl Warren + 1 other
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
ISBN: 9781337912020

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