A company makes a product using two materials, one of which is interchangeable with a third material. The standar one 200-pound batch are presented below. The last 200-pound batch was produced using 160 pounds of M and 11 The price of M was $0.03 per pound and the actual price of 0 was $0.10. Material 0 H Standard Quantity (pounds) 0 100 Standard Cost per pound $0.10 0.08 Total Cost $0 8.00 300

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A company makes a product using two materials, one of which is interchangeable with a third material. The standards for producin
one 200-pound batch are presented below. The last 200-pound batch was produced using 160 pounds of M and 110 pounds of C
The price of M was $0.03 per pound and the actual price of O was $0.10.
Material
0
H
M
Standard
Quantity
(pounds)
0
100
100
200
Standard
Cost per
pound
$ 0.10
0.08
0.02
What is the materials mix variance?
Total Cost
$0
8.00
2.00
$ 10.00
Transcribed Image Text:A company makes a product using two materials, one of which is interchangeable with a third material. The standards for producin one 200-pound batch are presented below. The last 200-pound batch was produced using 160 pounds of M and 110 pounds of C The price of M was $0.03 per pound and the actual price of O was $0.10. Material 0 H M Standard Quantity (pounds) 0 100 100 200 Standard Cost per pound $ 0.10 0.08 0.02 What is the materials mix variance? Total Cost $0 8.00 2.00 $ 10.00
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