Epley Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs:
In July the company produced 3,300 units using 12,240 pounds of the direct material and 2,760 direct labor-hours. During the month, the company purchased 13,000 pounds of the direct material at a cost of $35,100. The actual direct labor cost was $51,612 and the actual variable overhead cost was $20,148.
The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased.
The materials price variance for July is:
$3,465 U
$3,900 U
$3,900 F
$3,465 F