Miller Products manufactures faux boulders to be used in various landscaping applications. A special resin is used to make the boulders. The standard quantity of resin used for each boulder is 17 pounds. MillerMiller Products uses a standard cost of $2.30 per pound for the resin. The company produced 11,000 boulders in June. In that month, 16,400 pounds of resin were purchased at a total cost of $41,000. A total of 16,000 pounds were used in producing the boulders in June. Read the requirements LOADING... . Requirement 1. Calculate the direct material price variance.
Answer:- Direct Material price variance= $3280 U.
Explanation-
1)-Material price variance = (Standard price – Actual price) * Actual quantity purchased
= {$2.30 per pound – ($41000/16400 pounds}*16400 pounds
= $3280 Unfavorable
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