should have used $92,000$ pounds of potatoes and $1,500$ hours of direct labor.

Read the requirements.

favorable $($F$)$ or unfavorable $($U$).)$

The direct materials price variance is

The direct materials quantity variance is

Requirement $2.$ Think of a plausible explanation for the variances found in Requirement $1.$

One plausible explanation is that Garver bought

price, which resulted in the

grad price variance. However, because the potatoes were

$.$ As a result, the manufacturing facility

potatoes than standards allow. This accounts for the

efficiency variance.

favorable $($F$)$ or unfavorable $($U$).)$

The direct labor rate variance is

The direct labor efficiency variance is

Requirement $4.$ Could the explanation for the labor variances be tied to the material variances? Explain.

The

labor rate and efficiency variances

be tied to the material variances. For example, if the material variances were the result of purchasing

$,$ then the factory would use

labor

in sorting the potatoes. As a result, they would have had to pay workers