Materials Variances Cinturon Corporation produces high-quality leather belts. The company's plant in Boise uses a standard costing system and has set the following standards for materials and labo Leather (3 strips @ $4) $12.00 Direct labor (0.75 hr. @ $12) 9.00 Total prime cost $21.00 During the first month of the year, the Boise plant produced 92,000 belts. Actual leather purchased was 296,500 strips at $3.00 per strip. There were no beginning or ending inventories of leather. Actual direct labor was 79,000 hours at $14.00 per hour. Required: 1. Break down the total variance for materials into a price variance and a usage variance using the columnar and formula approaches. Enter favorable values as negative number and unfavorable values as positive numbers. $ Price variance Favorable 296,500 X Usage $ Unfavorable variance -82,000 x $ Total variance Favorable 214,500 x