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Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows: . Direct material: 5 pounds at $8.00 per pound Direct labor: 2 hours at $14 per hour Variable overhead: 2 hours at $5 per hour Total standard variable cost per unit $ 40,00 28.00 10.00 $78.00 The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses: Advertising Sales salaries and commissions Shipping expenses Fixed Cost per Variable Cost Month per Unit Sold $200,000 $ 100,000 $12.00 $ 3.00 The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 25,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 30,000 units and incurred the following costs: a. Purchased 160.000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $7.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production b. Direct-aborers worked 55.000 hours at a rate of $15.00 per hour. c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $280,500. d. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $210,000, $455,000, and $115.000, respectively. Required: 1. What raw materials cost would be included in the company's flexible budget for March? Raw material cost References eBook & Resources Worksheet Learning Objective: 08-01 Prepare a flex Foundational 8-1 Learning Objective: 08-02 Prepare a repi spending variances Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 08-04 Compute the quantity variances and explain their signi Check my work 2. value 20.00 points Foundational 8-3 3. What is the materials price variance for March? (Input the amount as a positive value. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance...) Materials price variance

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