Sharp Company manufactures a product for which the following standards have been set:

	Standard Quantity or Hours		Standard Price or Rate			Standard Cost
Direct materials	3	feet	$	11	per foot	$	33
Direct labor	?	hours		?	per hour		?

During March, the company purchased direct materials at a cost of $111,300, all of which were used in the production of 3,200 units of product. In addition, 4,900 direct labor-hours were worked on the product during the month. The cost of this labor time was $95,550. The following variances have been computed for the month:

Materials quantity variance	$	4,400	U
Labor spending variance	$	450	F
Labor efficiency variance	$	2,000	U

Required:

1. For direct materials:

a. Compute the actual cost per foot of materials for March.

b. Compute the price variance and the spending variance.

2. For direct labor:

a. Compute the standard direct labor rate per hour.

b. Compute the standard hours allowed for the month’s production.

c. Compute the standard hours allowed per unit of product.

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