The materials price variance is the difference between the actual price of materials . Multiple choice question. and the standard price for materials with the difference multiplied by the standard quantity of material allowed and the standard price for materials with the difference multiplied by the actual quantity of materials times the actual quantity of materials and the standard price of materials times the standard quantity allowed for production

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss)