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    The Huntsville Project has been ongoing for a few weeks. The budget for this project was $2‚750‚000.00. The Project Manager for this project has been instrumental in making sure that everyone has been included and is aware of the progress being made. This was done by communicating with email‚ memos and as well as phone calls. The project is currently within the budget and is progressing according to schedule. The total cost is estimated at $2‚631‚468.00 and that makes the project come

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    Total sale mix variance= $39‚600 (U) (ii) Golf Cart = (22‚000 – 22‚800) x (4‚788/22‚800) x 134 = $22‚512 (U) Mobility vehicle = (22‚000 – 22‚800) x (18‚012/22‚800) x 164 = $103‚648 (U) Total sale quantity variance= $126‚160(U) b. Based on above analysis‚ there are unfavorable total sale mix variance of $39‚600 and unfavorable total sale

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    Case Problem Air Force Training Program An Air Force introductory course in electronics uses a personalized system of instruction whereby each student views a videotaped lecture and then is given a programmed instruction text. The students work independently with the text until they have completed the training and passed a test. Of concern is the varying pace at which the students complete this portion of their training program. Some students are able to cover the programmed instruction text relatively

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    Production Cost Variance Analyses The preceding three chapters focused on the nature‚ collection‚ and measurement of management accounting information. This is the first of five chapters that deal with the use of that information by management in controlling the organization. This chapter and Chapter 2l describe the calculation and use ofvariances. Chapters 22 to 25 deal with the use of responsibility accounting information in the management control process. Variances A variance is the difference

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    materials usually occurs with any process. True False 7. A cost variance is the difference between actual cost and standard cost. True False 8. A budget performance report that includes variances can have variances caused by both price differences and quantity differences. True False 9. A cost variance equals the sum of the quantity variance and the price variance. True False 10. When computing a price variance‚ the price is held constant. True False 11. Within the same

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    1. The direct materials quantity standard should      A) exclude unavoidable waste.      B) exclude quality considerations.      C) allow for normal spoilage.      D) always be expressed as an ideal standard. Use the following to answer questions 2-4: Stiner Company has a materials price standard of $2.00 per pound. Five thousand pounds of materials were purchased at $2.20 a pound. The actual quantity of materials used was 5‚000 pounds‚ although the standard quantity allowed for the output

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    Sub: Finance Question: Calculation of variance of portfolio. Topic: Portfolio management ClassOf1 provides expert guidance to College‚ Graduate‚ and High school students on homework and assignment problems in Math‚ Sciences‚ Finance‚ Marketing‚ Statistics‚ Economics‚ Engineering‚ and many other subjects. Suppose there are three risky assets‚ A‚ B and C with the following expected returns‚ standard deviations of returns and correlation coefficients. E (rA)= 4% E (rB)=5% E (rC) =15% S.DEVA=5%

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    Standard Costing and Variance Analysis Formulas: Learning Objective of the article: 1. Learn the formulas to calculate direct materials‚ direct labor and factory overhead variances. This is a collection of variance formulas / equations which can help you calculate variances for direct materials‚ direct labor‚ and factory overhead. 1. Direct materials variances formulas 2. Direct labor variances formulas 3. Factory overhead variances formulas Direct Materials Variances: Materials purchase

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    PROBLEM ON VARIANCE ANALYSIS [pic] Submitted to: PROF. ROSFE CORLAE D. BADUY Submitted by: ADRIAN ERWIN M. PEGASON ERWIN S. FLORES BETA COMPANY Beta Company produces two products‚ A and B‚ each of which uses materials X and Y. The following unit standard costs apply: | |Material X |Material Y |Direct Labor | |Product A |4 lbs @ $15 |1 lb @

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    is $170‚850 greater than the net income budgeted for the 2012 fiscal year despite that the company operations goes through some turmoil. A more detail variance shows that the external factor largely responsible for the growth of leather markets that rapidly increase than anticipated making NLJ to catch with the increase in market demand. Variance Analysis Contribution Margin Based on the figure in Exhibit 1‚ the total amount of contribution margin for the Nylon jackets is $4‚350 less than

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