Cole Laboratories Makes and Sells a Lawn Fertilizer Called Fastgro

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Cole laboratories makes and sells a lawn fertilizer called Fastgro. The company has developed standard costs for one bag of Fastgro as follows: The company had no beginning inventories of any kind on Jan. 1. Variable overhead is applied to production on the basis of standard direct labor-hours. During January, the following activity was recorded by the company:
Production of Fastgro: 4,000 bags
Direct materials purchased: 85,000 pounds at a cost of $32,300
Direct labor worked: 390 hours at a cost of $4,875
Variable overhead incurred: $1,475
Inventory of direct materials on Jan. 31: 3,000 pounds
-The materials price variance for January is:

• A) $1,640 F
• B) $1,640 U
• C) $1,700 F
• D) $1,300 U

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