Mid City Products Inc. (MCP), developed standard costs for direct material and direct labor. In 2017, MCP estimated the following standard costs for one of their most popular products.

	Budgeted quantity	Budgeted price
Direct materials	3

pounds

$ 7.25

per pound
Direct labor	0.7

hours

$ 17

per hour

During September, MCP produced and sold

1 comma 000

units using

3 comma 300

pounds of direct materials at an average cost per pound of

$ 7

and

650

direct labor hours at an average wage of

$ 17.25

per hour.

The direct material price variance during September is ________.