Trico Company set the following standard unit costs for its single product. ...

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Trico Company set the following standard unit costs for its single product.

Direct materials (28 Ibs. @ $4.00 per Ib.) $ 112.00
Direct labor (8 hrs. @ $8.00 per hr.) 64.00
Factory overhead variable (8 hrs. @ $5.00 per hr.) 40.00
Factory overhead fixed (8 hrs. @ $7.00 per hr.) 56.00
Total standard cost $ 272.00

The predetermined overhead rate is based on a planned operating volume of 50% of the productive capacity of 70,000 units per quarter. The following flexible budget information is available.

Operating Levels
40% 50% 60%
Production in units 28,000 35,000 42,000
Standard direct labor hours 224,000 280,000 336,000
Budgeted overhead
Fixed factory overhead $ 1,960,000 $ 1,960,000 $ 1,960,000
Variable factory overhead $ 1,120,000 $ 1,400,000 $ 1,680,000

During the current quarter, the company operated at 60% of capacity and produced 42,000 units of product; actual direct labor totaled 331,000 hours. Units produced were assigned the following standard costs:

Direct materials (1,176,000 Ibs. @ $4.00 per Ib.) $ 4,704,000
Direct labor (336,000 hrs. @ $8.00 per hr.) 2,688,000
Factory overhead (336,000 hrs. @ $12.00 per hr.) 4,032,000
Total standard cost $ 11,424,000

Actual costs incurred during the current quarter follow:

Direct materials (1,171,000 Ibs. @ $4.10) $ 4,801,100
Direct labor (331,000 hrs. @ $7.75) 2,565,250
Fixed factory overhead costs 2,935,283
Variable factory overhead costs 2,747,925
Total actual costs $ 13,049,558

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Required 1. Compute the direct materials cost variance, including its price and quantity variances.(Round actual price to 2 decimal places.) Actual Cost Standard Cost

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