Costello Corporation manufactures a single product. The standard cost per unit of product is shown...

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Costello Corporation manufactures a single product. The standard cost per unit of product is shown below.

Direct materials1 pound plastic at $7.00 per pound

$7.00

Direct labor1.6 hours at $12.00 per hour

19.20

Variable manufacturing overhead

12.00

Fixed manufacturing overhead

4.00

Total standard cost per unit

$42.20

The predetermined manufacturing overhead rate is $10 per direct labor hour . It was computed from a master manufacturing overhead budget based on normal production of 8,000 direct labor hours (5,000 units) for the month. The master budget showed total variable costs of $60,000 ($7.50 per hour) and total fixed overhead costs of $20,000 ($2.50 per hour). Actual costs for October in producing 4,900 units were as follows.

Direct materials (5,100 pounds)

$36,720

Direct labor (7,500 hours)

93,750

Variable overhead

59,700

Fixed overhead

21,000

Total manufacturing costs

$211,170

The purchasing department buys the quantities of raw materials that are expected to be used in production each month. Raw materials inventories, therefore, can be ignored.

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(a)

Compute all of the materials and labor variances.

MPV $1,020 U

(b)

Compute the total overhead variance.

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