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Paynesville Corporation manufactures and sells a preservative used in food and drug manufacturing

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Paynesville Corporation manufactures and sells a preservative used in food and drug manufacturing. The company carries no inventories. The master budget calls for the company to manufacture and sell 102,000 liters at a budgeted price of $90 per liter this year. The standard direct cost sheet for one liter of the preservative follows. 
Direct materials (2 pounds @ $5) $10 Direct labor (0.5 hours @ $26) 13 
Variable overhead is applied based on direct labor hours. The variable overhead rate is $30 per direct-labor hour. The fixed overhead rate (at the master budget level of activity) is $15 per unit. All non-manufacturing costs are fixed and are budgeted at $1.3 million for the coming year. 
At the end of the year, the costs analyst reported that the sales activity variance for the year was $312,000 unfavorable. 
The following is the actual income statement (in thousands of dollars) for the year. 
Sales revenue $8,838 Less variable costs 958 Direct materials Direct labor 1,160 Variable overhead 1,430 Total variable costs $3,548 Contribution margin $5,290 Less fixed costs Fixed manufacturing overhead 1,060 Non—manufacturing costs 1,240 Total fixed costs $2,300 Operating profit $2,990 
During the year, the company purchased 178,000 pounds of material and employed 41,400 hours of direct labor. 

Required:

a. Compute the direct material price and efficiency variances.

b. Compute the direct labor price and efficiency variances.

c. Compute the variable overhead price and efficiency variances.

(For all requirements, enter your answers in whole dollars. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, or "U" for unfavorable. If there is no effect, do not select either option.)