Buerhle Company purchased (at a cost of $12,800) and used 3,300 kg of materials during May. Buerhle's standard cost of materials per unit produced is based on 2 kg per unit at a cost $4 per kilogram. Production in May was 1,540 units.

Instructions

(a) Calculate the total, price, and quantity variances for materials.

(b) Assume Buerhle also had an unfavourable labour quantity variance. What is a possible scenario that would provide one cause for the variances calculated in part (a) and the unfavourable labour quantity variance?