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Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labour hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows: Direet material: 6 pounds at 59 per pound Direet labo 3 hours at 515 per how Variable overhead: 3 hours at 95 per hour Total standard variable cont per unit $ 54 45 15 3114 Fixed overhead was budgeted at $597,000. Fixed overhead is applied on the basis of direct labour-hours. The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses: Fixed cost Variable Coat per Month per Unit Sold Advertising $260,000 Sales salaries and commissions $160,000 $13.00 Shipping expenses $ 4.00 The static (le, planning) budget for March was based on producing and selling 20,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 25,000 units and incurred the following costs: a. Purchased 180,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $7.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production b. Direct-labourers worked 61,000 hours at a rate of $16 per hour. c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $306,000. And fixed manufacturing overhead was $592,000. d. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $267,000, $480,000, and $105,000, respectively. Required: What is the materials quantity variance for March? (Input the amount as a positive value. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F* for favourable. "U" for unfavourable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance...) Materials quantity variance

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