Baird Fruit Basket Company makes baskets of assorted fruit. The standard and actual costs of...

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Baird Fruit Basket Company makes baskets of assorted fruit. The standard and actual costs of oranges used in each basket of fruit follow.

Standard Actual
Average number of oranges per basket 5.10 6.80
Price per orange $ 0.30 $ 0.25
Cost of oranges per basket $ 1.53 $ 1.70

Baird actually produced 25,200 baskets.

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  1. Determine the materials price variance and indicate whether it is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

  2. Determine the materials usage variance and indicate whether it is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

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