Norio Manufacturing uses powdered plastics (PPS) to manufacture a high-pressure board used in a digital equipment product, Flex 10. Information concerning its operation in June is as follows:

Budgeted units of Flex 10 for June		5,600
Budgeted usage of PPS		50,400	pounds
Actual number of units of Flex 10 manufactured		4,600
PPS purchased		54,000	pounds
PPS used		45,000	pounds
Total actual cost of PPS used	$	236,700
Direct materials usage varianceunfavorable	$	27,000	unfavorable

Assume that Norio does not maintain an inventory of materials, so that the amount of materials used is equal to the amount of materials purchased. The actual purchase price per pound of PPS used (rounded to two decimal places) is: