Answer:
Standard price= $1.5
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
A company uses 40000 pounds of materials for which it paid $2 a pound. The materials price variance was $20000 unfavorable.
To calculate the standard price, we need to use the following formula:
Direct material price variance= (standard price - actual price)*actual quantity
-20,000= (standard price - 2)*40,000
-20,000= 40,000standard price - 80,000
60,000/40,000= standard price
standard price= $1.5
