Antuan Company set the following standard costs for one unit of its product.

Direct materials (4.0 Ibs. @ $5.00 per Ib.)	$	20.00
Direct labor (1.7 hrs. @ $12.00 per hr.)		20.40
Overhead (1.7 hrs. @ $18.50 per hr.)		31.45
Total standard cost	$	71.85

The predetermined overhead rate ($18.50 per direct labor hour) is based on an expected volume of 75% of the factorys capacity of 20,000 units per month. Following are the companys budgeted overhead costs per month at the 75% capacity level.

Overhead Budget (75% Capacity)
Variable overhead costs
Indirect materials	$	15,000
Indirect labor		75,000
Power		15,000
Repairs and maintenance		30,000
Total variable overhead costs				$	135,000
Fixed overhead costs
DepreciationBuilding		23,000
DepreciationMachinery		71,000
Taxes and insurance		18,000
Supervision		224,750
Total fixed overhead costs					336,750
Total overhead costs				$	471,750

The company incurred the following actual costs when it operated at 75% of capacity in October.

Direct materials (61,500 Ibs. @ $5.10 per lb.)				$	313,650
Direct labor (21,000 hrs. @ $12.30 per hr.)					258,300
Overhead costs
Indirect materials	$	41,700
Indirect labor		176,850
Power		17,250
Repairs and maintenance		34,500
DepreciationBuilding		23,000
DepreciationMachinery		95,850
Taxes and insurance		16,200
Supervision		224,750			630,100
Total costs				$	1,202,050

Required: 1&2. Prepare flexible overhead budgets for October showing the amounts of each variable and fixed cost at the 65%, 75%, and 85% capacity levels and classify all items listed in the fixed budget as variable or fixed.

3. Compute the direct materials cost variance, including its price and quantity variances. AQ = Actual Quantity SQ = Standard Quantity AP = Actual Price SP = Standard Price