Ramapo Company produces two products, Blinks and Dinks. They are manufactured in two departments, Fabrication and Assembly. Data for the products and departments are listed below. Product Number of Units Labor Hours Per Unit Machine Hours Per Unit Blinks 1,000 4 5 Dinks 2,000 2 8 All of the machine hours take place in the Fabrication Department, which has an estimated overhead of $84,000. All of the labor hours take place in the Assembly Department, which has an estimated total overhead of $72,000. Ramapo Company uses a single plantwide overhead rate to apply all factory overhead costs. The single plantwide rate, if it is based on machine hours instead of labor hours, is a.$7.43 per machine hour b.$19.50 per machine hour c.$9.00 per machine hour d.$4.00 per machine hour

Oceanside marine company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. oceanside uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 2 pound per unit; $ 11 per pound direct labor: 2 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour oceanside produced 2 comma 000 units during the quarter. at the end of the quarter, an examination of the direct materials records showed that the company used 7 comma 500 pounds of direct materials and actual total materials costs were $ 98 comma 100. what is the direct materials cost variance? (round any intermediate calculations to the nearest cent, and your final answer to the nearest dollar.)