Memory Solutions is the market leader in the Secure Digital(SD) card industry and sells memory cards for use in portable devices such as mobile phones, tablets, and digital cameras. Its most popular card is the Mini SD, which it sells through outlets such as Target and Walmart for an average selling price of $13. MicroDisk has a standard monthly production level of 415,000 Mini SDs in its Taiwan facility. The standard input quantities and prices for direct-cost inputs are as follows:

	Quantity per			Standard
Cost Item	Mini SD card			Unit Costs
Direct materials:
Speciality polymer	16	mm			$0.09	/mm
Connector pins	15	units			$0.10	/unit
Wi-Fi transreceiver	1	unit			$0.40	/unit
Direct manufacturing labour:
Setup	4	min.			$12	/hr.
Fabrication	5	min.			$30	/hr.

Calculate the following variances. Comment on the variances and provide potential reasons why they might have arisen, with particular attention to the variances that may be related to oneanother:

1.	Selling-price variance
2.	Direct materials price variance, for each category of materials
3.	Direct materials efficiency variance, for each category of materials
4.	Direct manufacturing labour price variance, for setup and fabrication
5.	Direct manufacturing labour efficiency variance, for setup and fabrication