How to control the labor time and labor cost


The auto repair shop of Quality Motor Company uses standards to control the labor time and labor cost in the shop. The standard labor cost for a motor tune-up is given below:

  • Job: Motor tune-up
  • Standard Hours: 2.2
  • Standard Rate: $5.5
  • Standard cost: $12.1

The record showing the time spent in the shop last week on motor tune-ups has been misplaced. However, the shop supervisor recalls that 130 tune-ups were completed during the week, and the controller recalls the following variance data relating to tune-ups:
Labor rate variance
$47F

Total labor variance
$965F

Requirement 1:
Determine the number of actual labor-hours spent on tune-ups during the week.

Requirement 2:
Determine the actual hourly rate of pay for tune-ups last week

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