Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows: Direct materials: 5 pounds at $10 per pound Direct labor: 4 hours at $16 per hour Variable overhead: 4 hours at $7 per hour Total standard cost per unit $ 50 64 28 $ 142 The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 20,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 24,600 units and incurred the following costs: a. Purchased 164,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $7.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production. b. Direct laborers worked 57,000 hours at a rate of $17 per hour. c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $653,220. 2. What raw materials cost would be included in the company's flexible budget for March? Raw material cost