Managerial Accounting
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Chapter 8, Problem 20QS
Computing sales price and volume variances A1
Farad, Inc., specializes in selling used trucks. During the month, Farad sold 50 trucks at an average price of $9,000 each. The budget for the month was to sell 45 trucks at an average price of $9,500 each. Compute the dealership’s sales price variance and sales volume variance for the month and classify each as favorable for unfavorable.
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