The Foundational $15($Algo$)[$LO$9-1,$ LO$9-2,$ LO$9-4,$ LO$9-5,$ LO$9-6]$

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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: $4$ pounds at $$8\mathrm{.}00$ per pound

Direct labor: $2$ hours at $$16$ per hour

Variable overhead: $2$ hours at $$6$ per hour

Total standard variable cost per unit

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

The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling $32,000$ units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold $37,000$ units and incurred the following costs:

a$.$ Purchased $160,000$ pounds of raw materials at a cost of $$7\mathrm{.}40$ per pound. All of this material was used in production.

b$.$ Direct$-$laborers worked $67,000$ hours at a rate of $$17\mathrm{.}00$ per hour.

c$.$ Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $$422,100.$

d$.$ Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $$329,000,$$$515,000,$ and $$235,000,$ respectively.

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$2.$ 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