CASE $10-17$ Working Backwards from Variance Data LO$10-1,$ LO$10-2,$ LO$10-3$ Vitex, Inc., manufactures a popular consumer product and it provided the following data from its standard cost system: The company's manufacturing overhead cost is applied to production based on direct labor$-$hours. All of the materials purchased during the period were used in production. Work in process inventories are insignificant and can be ignored. Required: $1.$ How many units were produced last period? $2.$ How many pounds of direct material were purchased and used in production? $3.$ What was the actual cost per pound of material? $4.$ How many actual direct labor$-$hours were worked during the period? $5.$ What was the actual rate paid per direct labor$-$hour? $6.$ How much actual variable manufacturing overhead cost was incurred during the period?