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Huron Company produces a commercial cleaning compound known as Zoom. The direct materials and direct labour standards for one unit of Zoom follow: Standard Price Standard Quantity Standard or Hours or Rate Cost Direct materials 4.10 kilograms 1.90 per kilogram $7.79 0.40 hour $11.00 per hour Direct labour 4.40 1.80 per hour Variable overhead 0.40 hour 0.72 The budgeted fixed overhead cost is $15,200 per month. The denominator activity level of the allocation base is 800 direct labour-hours During the most recent month, the following activity was recorded a. 9,600 kilograms of material were purchased at a cost of $2.21 per kilogram. b. A total of 840 hours of direct labour time was recorded at a total labour cost of $9,290 c. The variable overhead cost was $1,640, and the fixed overhead cost was $15,300 Assume that the company produced 1,300 units during the month, using 6,200 kilograms of material in the production process. (The rest of the material purchased remained in inventory.) Required: 1. Compute the direct materials price and quantity variances for the month. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance).) Answer is not complete (2,976) U Materials price variance Materials quantity variance