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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: 6 pounds at $9.00 per pound	$	54.00
Direct labor: 5 hours at $13.00 per hour		65.00
Variable overhead: 5 hours at $3.00 per hour		15.00
Total standard variable cost per unit	$	134.00

The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses:

	Fixed Cost per Month			Variable Cost per Unit Sold
Advertising	$	260,000
Sales salaries and commissions	$	120,000		$	11.00
Shipping expenses				$	4.00

The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 20,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 25,000 units and incurred the following costs:

a.	Purchased 180,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $7.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production.
b.	Direct-laborers worked 115,000 hours at a rate of $14.00 per hour.
c.	Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $350,250.
d.	Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $267,000, $350,750, and $105,000, respectively.

9.What variable manufacturing overhead cost would be included in the companys flexible budget for March?

10.What is the variable overhead efficiency variance for March? (Input the amount as a positive value. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.).)

11. What is the variable overhead rate variance for March? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input the amount as a positive value. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.).)

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What amounts of advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses would be included in the company's flexible budget for March? Preble Company Flexible Budget For the Month Ended March 31 25,000 Units sold (q) Expenses: Advertising Sales salaries and commissions Shipping expenses Total