Tsypkin Company's budgeted sales quantity was 80,000 units of product. The company's accountant, using regression analysis, applied the following cost formula to estimate costs at the master budget level for this year: Total cost = $500,000 + ($5.20 * units produced and sold). The product had a budgeted selling price of $15.20 each. During the year, the actual sales were 82,000 units and selling price was $15.15 per unit. The actual variable costs were $418,200 and the fixed costs were $500,000. What was Tsypkin's sales price variance? a. $4,100 favorable b. $6,300 favorable c. $4,100 unfavorable d. None of these.

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20 January, 09:44

Tsypkin Company's budgeted sales quantity was 80,000 units of product. The company's accountant, using regression analysis, applied the following cost formula to estimate costs at the master budget level for this year: Total cost = $500,000 + ($5.20 * units produced and sold). The product had a budgeted selling price of $15.20 each. During the year, the actual sales were 82,000 units and selling price was $15.15 per unit. The actual variable costs were $418,200 and the fixed costs were $500,000. What was Tsypkin's sales price variance? a. $4,100 favorable b. $6,300 favorable c. $4,100 unfavorable d. None of these.

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Miya Morgan · Answer 1

c. $4,100 unfavorable

Explanation:

The computation of the sales price variance is shown below:

= (Budgeted selling price - actual selling price) * actual quantity

= ($15.20 - $15.15) * 82,000 units

= 4,100 unfavorable

We simply apply the sales price variance formula so the correct amount can come

All other information which is given is not relevant. Hence, ignored it

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