Miller Toy Company manufactures a plastic swimming pool at its Westwood Plant. The plant is experiencing problems as shown by its June contribution format income statement below: Flexible Budget Sales (6,000 pools) Variable expenses: Variable cost of goods sold* Variable selling expenses Total variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: Manufacturing overhead Selling and administrative Total fixed expenses Net operating income (loss) $ 225,000 Actual $ 225,000 73,620 88,700 17,000 17,000 90,620 105,700 134,380 119,300 53,000 53,000 68,000 68,000 121,000 121,000 $ 13,380 $ (1,700) *Contains direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead. Janet Dunn, who has just been appointed general manager of the Westwood Plant, has been given instructions to "get things under control." Upon reviewing the plant's income statement, Ms. Dunn concluded the major problem lies in the variable cost of goods sold. She has been provided with the following standard cost per swimming pool: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Total standard cost per unit *Based on machine-hours. Standard Quantity or Hours Standard Standard Price or Rate 3.3 pounds $ 2.30 per pound Cost $ 7.59 0.6 hours $ 6.30 per hour 0.5 hours* $ 1.80 per hour 3.78 0.90 $ 12.27 During June, the plant produced 6,000 pools and incurred the following costs: a. Purchased 24,800 pounds of materials at a cost of $2.75 per pound. b. Used 19,600 pounds of materials in production. (Finished goods and work in process inventories are insignificant and can be ignored.) c. Worked 4,200 direct labor-hours at a cost of $6.00 per hour. d. Incurred variable manufacturing overhead cost totaling $7,260 for the month. A total of 3,300 machine-hours was recorded. It is the company's policy to close all variances to cost of goods sold on a monthly basis.