E$11\mathrm{.}13($LO $2.3),$ AP Wram Ceelo Company purchased $($at a cost of $$10,200)$ and used $2,400$ pounds of materials during May. Ceelo's standard cost of materials per unit produced is based on $2$ pounds per unit at a cost $$5$ per pound. Production in May was $1,050$ units.

Instructions

a$.$ Compute the total, price, and quantity variances for materials.

b$.$ Assume Ceelo also had an unfavorable labor quantity variance. What is a possible scenario that would provide one cause for the variances computed in $($a$)$ and the unfavorable labor quantity variance?