Camping Supply Company has developed a new camping lamp that runs on solar power. The solar cells charge in the sun all day a then the lamp is ready to run when the sun goes down. The company has a standard costing system to help control costs and has established the following standards related to the new camping lamp: Direct materials: 2 small solar cells per lamp at $0.50 per cell Direct labour: 0.50 hours per lamp at $15 per hour During March, the company produced 4,000 camping lights. Production data for March are as follows: Direct materials: 12,000 small solar cells were purchased at a cost of $0.45 per cell; 5,500 of these were still in inventory at the end the month (there was no opening inventory). Direct labour: 1,600 direct labour-hours were worked at a cost of $25,600. Required. 1-a. Compute the direct materials price and quantity variances for March. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favourable, "U" for unfavourable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance).) Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Materials price variance Materials quantity variance $ 325 X F $ >> 0 None ✔

Manufacturing cost is the total cost of procuring or producing a product. In other words, the manufacturing cost is the cost that an individual or business owner undertakes for the manufacturing of goods.