Standard and Actual Costs for Direct Materials for the Manufacture $\begin{array}{ll}\text { Actual costs } & 1,450 \mathrm{lbs} @ \$ 8.10 \\\text { Standard costs } & 1,500 \mathrm{lbs} @ \$ 8.00\end{array}$

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Standard and actual costs for direct materials for the manufacture of 1,000 units of product were as follows: $\begin{array}{ll}\text { Actual costs } & 1,450 \mathrm{lbs} @ \$ 8.10 \\\text { Standard costs } & 1,500 \mathrm{lbs} @ \$ 8.00\end{array}$ ?
Determine the (a) quantity variance, (b) price variance, and (c) total direct materials cost variance.

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