Cartman makes Supersized Cheezy-Poofs. Cartman determined the standards for each unit (bag) of Cheezy-Poof produced requires 1.5 gallons of ingredients (direct materials) and 0.75 direct labor hours. Cartman expects to pay $2 per gallon of ingredients and his employees a rate of $12 per hour. Based on the companys forecasts, Cartman is expecting to sell 15,000 units (bags) during the year. At the end of year, Cartman actually sold 16,000 units (bags) and used 22,500 gallons of ingredients and paid $2.10 per gallon. Further, Human resources informed Cartman that he incurred $126,585 in direct labor costs from 11,252 direct labor hours (assume no overtime is used).

a. What is the material price variance?

b. What is the material quantity variance?

c. What is the labor rate variance?

d. What is the labor usage variance?