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Highland Company produces a lightweight backpack that is popular with college students. Standard variable costs relating to a single backpack are given below:

	Standard Quantity or Hours	Standard Price or Rate	Standard Cost
Direct materials	?	$6.00 per yard	$ ?
Direct labor	?	?	?
Variable manufacturing overhead	?	$2 per direct labor-hour	?
Total standard cost			$?

Overhead is applied to production on the basis of direct labor-hours. During March, 480 backpacks were manufactured and sold. Selected information relating to the months production is given below:

	Materials Used	Direct Labor	Variable Manufacturing Overhead
Total standard cost allowed*	$12,672	$4,896	$1,152
Actual costs incurred	$11,210	?	$1,174
Materials price variance	?
Materials quantity variance	$ 780 U
Labor rate variance		?
Labor efficiency variance		?
Variable overhead rate variance			?
Variable overhead efficiency variance			?

*For the month's production.

The following additional information is available for Marchs production:

Actual direct labor-hours	720
Standard overhead rate per direct labor-hour	$2.00
Difference between standard and actual cost per backpack produced during March	$0.15	F

Required: 1. What is the standard cost of a single backpack? Standard cost for March production: Materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Total standard cost Number of backpacks produced Standard cost of a single backpack 2. What was the actual cost per backpack produced during March? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Standard cost of a single backpack Deduct difference between standard and actual cost Actual cost per backpack 0.00

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