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Sharp Company manufactures a product for which the following standards have been set:

	Standard Quantity or Hours		Standard Price or Rate		Standard Cost
Direct materials	3	feet	$ 5	per foot	$ 15
Direct labor	?	hours	?	per hour	?

During March, the company purchased direct materials at a cost of $45,375, all of which were used in the production of 2,350 units of product. In addition, 4,800 direct labor-hours were worked on the product during the month. The cost of this labor time was $50,400. The following variances have been computed for the month:

Materials quantity variance	$ 2,250	U
Labor spending variance	$ 3,400	U
Labor efficiency variance	$ 1,000	U

Required:

1. For direct materials:

a. Compute the actual cost per foot of materials for March.

b. Compute the price variance and the spending variance.

2. For direct labor:

a. Compute the standard direct labor rate per hour.

b. Compute the standard hours allowed for the months production.

c. Compute the standard hours allowed per unit of product.