Genent Industries, Inc. $($GII$),$ developed standard costs for direct material and direct labor. In $2017,$ GII estimated the following standard costs for one of their major

$.$products, the $30-$gallon heavy$-$duty plastic container

During July, Gll produced and sold $4,000$ containers using $1,700$ pounds of direct materials at an average cost per pound of $$15$ and $3,225$ direct manufacturing labor hours

$.$at an average wage of $$15\mathrm{.}25$ per hour

The direct material price variance during July is

unfavorable $$2,000.a$

unfavorable $$8,500.b$

unfavorable $$20,000.c$

favorable $$8,500.d$