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Sharp Company manufactures a product for which the following standards have been set:

Standard Quantity or Hours Standard Price or Rate Standard Cost
Direct materials 3 feet $ 5 per foot $ 15
Direct labor ? hours ? per hour ?

During March, the company purchased direct materials at a cost of $43,335, all of which were used in the production of 2,425 units of product. In addition, 4,000 direct labor-hours were worked on the product during the month. The cost of this labor time was $28,000. The following variances have been computed for the month:

Materials quantity variance $ 3,750 U
Labor spending variance $ 2,780

U

Labor efficiency variance $ 780

U

1. For direct materials, compute the actual cost per foot of materials for March. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Actual cost ........... per foot

2. For direct materials, compute the price variance and the spending variance. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

Price variance ......... U
Spending variance U

2a. For direct labor, compute the standard direct labor rate per hour. (Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.)

2b. For direct labor, compute the standard hours allowed for the months production. (Do not round your intermediate value.)

2c. For direct labor, compute the standard hours allowed per unit of product. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)

2a. Standard direct labor rate per hour .........
2b. Standard hours allowed for the months production
2c. Standard hours allowed per unit of product

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