Bellingham Company produces a product that requires 3 standard direct labor hours per unit at a standard hourly rate of $20.00 per hour. 15,500 units used 61,200 hours at an hourly rate of $19.15 per hour.

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What is the direct labor (a) rate variance, (b) time variance, and (c) cost variance? Round your answers to the nearest dollar. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

a. Direct labor rate variance$fill in the blank 2FavorableUnfavorableFavorableb. Direct labor time variance$fill in the blank 4FavorableUnfavorableUnfavorablec. Direct labor cost variance$fill in the blank 6FavorableUnfavorableUnfavorable