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Antuan Company set the following standard costs for one unit of its product.

Direct materials (4.0 Ibs. @ $5.00 per Ib.)	$	20.00
Direct labor (1.7 hrs. @ $12.00 per hr.)		20.40
Overhead (1.7 hrs. @ $18.50 per hr.)		31.45
Total standard cost	$	71.85

The predetermined overhead rate ($18.50 per direct labor hour) is based on an expected volume of 75% of the factory’s capacity of 20,000 units per month. Following are the company’s budgeted overhead costs per month at the 75% capacity level.

Overhead Budget (75% Capacity)
Variable overhead costs
Indirect materials	$	15,000
Indirect labor		75,000
Power		15,000
Repairs and maintenance		30,000
Total variable overhead costs				$	135,000
Fixed overhead costs
Depreciation—Building		24,000
Depreciation—Machinery		70,000
Taxes and insurance		17,000
Supervision		225,750
Total fixed overhead costs					336,750
Total overhead costs				$	471,750

The company incurred the following actual costs when it operated at 75% of capacity in October.

Direct materials (60,500 Ibs. @ $5.10 per lb.)				$	308,550
Direct labor (21,000 hrs. @ $12.20 per hr.)					256,200
Overhead costs
Indirect materials	$	41,150
Indirect labor		176,350
Power		17,250
Repairs and maintenance		34,500
Depreciation—Building		24,000
Depreciation—Machinery		94,500
Taxes and insurance		15,300
Supervision		225,750			628,800
Total costs				$	1,193,550

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3. Compute the direct materials cost variance, including its price and quantity variances.

AQ = Actual Quantity
SQ = Standard Quantity
AP = Actual Price
SP = Standard Price

Answer 1