The Acorn Restaurant Group manufactures the bags of frozen French fries used at its franchised restaurants Last week, Acorn's purchased and used $98,000$ pounds of potatoes at a price of $$0\mathrm{.}65$ per pound. During the week, $2,300$ direct labor hours were incurred in the plant at a rate of $$12\mathrm{.}15$ per hour The standard price per pound of potatoes is $$0\mathrm{.}80,$ and the standard direct labor rate is $$11\mathrm{.}95$ per hour $ tandards indicate that for the number of bags of frozen fries produced, the factory should have used $95,000$ pounds of potatoes and $2,100$ hours of direct labor

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Requiroment $1.$ Determine the direct material price and quantity variances. Be sure to label each variance as favorable or unfavorable. $($Enter the variances as positive numbers. Enter currency amounts to the nearest cent and your answers to the nearest whole dollar Label the variances as favorable $($F$)$ or unfavorable $($U$)$ Abbreviations used DM $=$ Direct materiais.$)$

Begin by determining the formula for the price variance, then compute the price variance for direct materials

Standard price

Standard quantity allowed Actual quantity purchased $)=$ DM price variance $)=$

Requirements

Determine the direct material price and quantity variances. Be sure to label each variance as favorable or unfavorable.

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

Determine the direct labor rate and efficiency variances. Be sure to label each variance as favorable or untavorable.

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