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Skychefs, inc. prepares in-flight meals for a number of major airlines. one of the company's products is grilled salmon in dill sauce with baby new potatoes and spring vegetables. during the most recent week, the company prepared 4000 of these meals using 960 direct labor hours. the company paid these direct labor workers a total of $19,200 for this work, or $20.00 per hour. according to standard cost card for this meal, it should require 0.25 direct labour-hours at a cost of $19.75 per hour.1. what is the standard labor-hours allowed (sh) to prepare 4,000 meals? 2. what is the standard labor cost allowed (sh x sr) to prepare 4,000 meals? 3. what is the labor spending variance? 4. what is the labor rate variance and the labor efficiency variance?

Atelephone call center uses three customer service representatives (csrs) during the 8: 30 a.m. to 9: 00 a.m. time period. the standard service rate is 3.0 minutes per telephone call per csr. assuming a target labor utilization rate of 80 percent, how many calls can these three csrs handle during this half-hour period?

The de mesa family will soon be occupying their newly renovated house. however, the bathroom measuring 10ft. by 16 ft. still needs to be covered by tiles. if the tile that they desire measures 2/5 ft by 2/5 ft., how many tiles will they need to cover the bathroom floor?