! Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] 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 material: 5 pounds at $10.00 per pound Direct labor: 3 hours at $14 per hour Variable overhead: 3 hours at $4 per hour Total standard variable cost per unit $ 50.00 42.00 12.00 $104.00 The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses: Fixed cost per Month $ 390,000 $ 480,000 Variable Cost per Unit Sold Advertising Sales salaries and commissions Shipping expenses $ 31.00 $ 22.00 The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 29,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 34,200 units and incurred the following costs: a. Purchased 180,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $9.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production. b. Direct-laborers worked 74,000 hours at a rate of $15.00 per hour. c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $457,050. d. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $400,000, $550,000, and $305,000, respectively. Required: 1. What raw materials cost would be included in the company's flexible budget for March? Raw material cost $ 1,450,000 2. What is the materials quantity variance for March? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.). Input the amount as a positive value.) Materials quantity variance $1,710,000 8. What is the direct labor rate variance for March? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.). Input the amount as a positive value.) Direct labor rate variance $ 74,000U 9. What variable manufacturing overhead cost would be included in the company's flexible budget for March? Variable manufacturing overhead cost $ 1,026,000 10. What is the variable overhead efficiency variance for March? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.). Input the amount as a positive value.) Variable overhead efficiency variance $ 193,400 F 11. What is the variable overhead rate variance for March? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.). Input the amount as a positive value.) Variable overhead rate variance $ 326,400 U 12. What amounts of advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses would be included in the company's flexible budget for March? Advertising Sales salaries and commissions Shipping expenses 13. What is the spending variance related to advertising? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.). Input the amount as a positive value.) Spending variance related to advertising 14. What is the spending variance related to sales salaries and commissions? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.). Input the amount as a positive value.) Spending variance related to sales salaries and commissions 15. What is the spending variance related to shipping expenses? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.). Input the amount as a positive value.) Spending variance related to shipping expenses
