Accelerator, Inc. manufactures a fuel additive called surge. The company produces and sells 22,000 containers of surge each month. The company has established the following standards related to direct materials for each container of surge produced: standard quantity standard price direct materials 5 gallons $7.00 per gallon The following information is available for surge for the month of August: 1. 130,000 gallons of chemicals were purchased at a total cost of $968,500. At August 31, Accelerator, Inc. had 24,900 gallons of chemical available in the storeroom. 2. At August 1, Accelerator, Inc. had no inventories of any type on hand. Calculate the direct material usage variance for August. If the variance is favorable, place a minus sign in front of your answer (i.e., -5000). If the variance is unfavorable, simply enter your answer as a number (i.e., 5000). Quiz scores will not be adjusted for failing to follow these directions