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Cardiff Sports sells footballs and shoulder pads. For 2013, company management b

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Question

Cardiff Sports sells footballs and shoulder pads. For 2013, company management budgeted the following:

At the end of 2013, management was told that actual sales of footballs were 19,040 units and the sales price variance was $57,120 unfavorable. Sales of shoulder pads generated $1,757,592 of revenue, with an unfavorable sales volume variance of $441,000.

a. Compute the budgeted sales volume for each product.

b. Compute the sales volume variance for footballs.
$ _________________ _________________

c. Compute the sales price variance for shoulder pads. Round intermediate calculations and your final answer to the nearest cent, if rounding is required.
$ _________________ _________________

d. Which of the listed conditions could not have contributed to the unfavorable variances?
_________________

Footballs Shoulder Pads Sales revenue $1,001,000   $1,955,100   Unit sales price $55   $49  

Explanation / Answer

Calculation of budgeted sales volume for each product:

Footballs

Shoulder Pads

Sales revenue (A)

$        1,001,000

$        1,955,100

Unit sales price (B)

$                      55

$                      49

Budgeted sales volume = A/B

18200

39900

Calculation of budgeted sales volume for each product:

Footballs

Shoulder Pads

Sales revenue (A)

$        1,001,000

$        1,955,100

Unit sales price (B)

$                      55

$                      49

Budgeted sales volume = A/B

18200

39900