Bellingham Company produces a product that requires nine standard pounds per unit. The standard price is $9 per pound. If 5,000 units used 46,800 pounds, which were purchased at $8.73 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 $fill in the blank 1 -12,636 Favorable b. Direct materials quantity variance $fill in the blank 3 19,800 Unfavorable c. Direct materials cost variance