Crystal Charm Company makes handcrafted silver charms that attach to jewelry such as a necklace or bracelet. Each charm is adorned with two crystals of various colors. Standard costs follow: Standard Quantity Standard Price (Rate) Standard Unit Cost Silver 0.45 oz. $ 21.00 per oz. $ 9.45 Crystals 8.00 $ 0.30 crystal 2.40 Direct labor 2.00 hrs. $ 11.00 per hr. 22.00 During the month of January, Crystal Charm made 1,640 charms. The company used 703 ounces of silver (total cost of $15,466) and 13,170 crystals (total cost of $3,687.60), and paid for 3,530 actual direct labor hours (cost of $37,065.00). Required: 1. Calculate Crystal Charms direct materials variances for silver and crystals for the month of January. 2. Calculate Crystal Charms direct labor variances for the month of January.

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1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know