Bandar Industries Berhad of Malaysia manufactures sporting equipment. One of the company's products, a football helmet for the North American market, requires a special plastic. During the quarter ending June $30,$ the company manufactured $70,000$ helmets, using $45,000$ kilograms of plastic in the process. The plastic cost the company RM$342,000.($The currency in Malaysia is the ringgit, which is denoted here by RM$.)$

According to the standard cost card, each helmet should require $0\mathrm{.}6$ kilograms of plastic, at a cost of RM$8$ per kilogram.

Required:

$1-$a$.$ How much material in kilograms should have been used?

Total standard kilograms allowed

$1-$b$.$ What cost for plastic should have been incurred in the manufacture of the $70,000$ helmets?

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$1-$c$.$ How much does this cost vary from what was incurred? $($Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting $"$F$"$ for favourable, $"$U$"$ for unfavourable, and "None" for no effect $($i$.$e$.,$ zero variance$).)$

Total material variance

RM

$2.$ Break the difference computed in part $(1-$b$)$ into a materials price variance and a materials quantity variance. $($Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting $"$F$"$ for favourable, $"$U$"$ for unfavourable, and "None" for no effect $($i$.$e$.,$ zero variance$).)$

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