Moniques Florals produced a special Mothers Day arrangement that included eight roses. The standard and actual costs of the roses used in each arrangement follow:

	Standard	Actual
Average number of roses per arrangement	8.80	9.00
Price per rose	$ 0.75	$ 0.72
Cost of roses per arrangement	$ 6.60	$ 6.48

Moniques Florals planned to make 790 arrangements but actually made 870.

Required

Determine the total flexible budget materials variance and indicate whether it is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

Determine the materials price variance and indicate whether it is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

Determine the materials usage variance and indicate whether it is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

Confirm the accuracy of Requirements a, b, and c by showing that the sum of the price and usage variances equals the total variance.

a. Total flexible budget materials variance		F
b. Total materials price variance		F
c. Total materials usage variance		U

Price variance
Usage variance
Total variance