Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on directlabor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows:Direct material: 5 pounds at $10.00 per pound $ 50.00Direct labor: 4 hours at $16 per hourVariable overhead: 4 hours at $7 per hourTotal standard variable cost per unit64.0028.00$142.00The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses:Fixed Cost perVariable Cost perUnit SoldMonth$4AdvertisingSales salaries andcommissionsShipping expenses220,000140,000$14.00$5.00The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 20,000 units. However, during March the companyactually produced and sold 24,600 units and incurred the following costs:a. Purchased 164,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $7.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production.b. Direct-laborers worked 57,000 hours at a rate of $17.00 per hour.c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $653,220.d. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $235,000, $465,000, and $135,000,respectively. The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 20,000 units. However, during March the companyactually produced and sold 24,600 units and incurred the following costs:a. Purchased 164,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $7.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production.b. Direct-laborers worked 57,000 hours at a rate of $17.00 per hour.c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $653,220.d. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $235,000, $465,000, and $135,000,respectively.8. What is the direct labor rate variance for March? (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" forunfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance.). Input the amount as a positive value.)Direct labor rate variance

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