Bellingham Company produces a product that requires six standard pounds per unit. The standard price is $10 per pound. If 4,000 units used 23,000 pounds, which were purchased at $10.5 per pound, what is the direct materials (a) price variance, (b) quantity variance, and (c) cost variance? Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
a. Direct materials price variance $ favorable or unfavorable
b. Direct materials quantity variance $ favorable or unfavorable
c. Direct materials cost variance $ favorable or unfavorable