Bellingham Company produces a product that requires 12 standard pounds per unit. The standard price is $9.5 per pound. If 3,400 units used 42,400 pounds, which were purchased at $9.02 per pound, what is the direct materials (a) price variance, (b) quantity variance, and (c) cost variance? Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

1. Direct Materials Variances

   Bellingham Company produces a product that requires 12 standard pounds per unit. The standard price is $9.5 per pound. If 3,400 units used 42,400 pounds, which were purchased at $9.02 per pound, what is the direct materials (a) price variance, (b) quantity variance, and (c) cost variance? Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

   a. Direct materials price variance	$	Favorable
   b. Direct materials quantity variance	$	Unfavorable
   c. Direct materials cost variance	$	Favorable