Direct Materials and Direct Labor Variances At the beginning of June, Kimber Toy Company budgeted 15,000 toy action figures to be manufactured in June at standard direct materials and direct labor costs as follows: Direct materials $9,000 Direct labor 10,500 Total $19,500 The standard materials price is $0.40 per pound. The standard direct labor rate is $14.00 per hour. At the end of June, the actual direct materials and direct labor costs were as follows: Actual direct materials $8,300 Actual direct labor 9,700 Total $18,000 There were no direct materials price or direct labor rate variances for June. In addition, assume no changes in the direct materials inventory balances in June. Kimber Toy Company actually produced 13,400 units during June.

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