Biscuit Company Has Developed the Following Standards for One of Its

Biscuit Company has developed the following standards for one of its products. Direct labor hours is the driver used to assign overhead costs to products. $\begin{array}{ll}\text { Direct materials: } & 10 \text { pounds } \times \$ 3 \text { per pound } \\\text { Direct labor: } & 2.5 \text { hours } \times \$ 8 \text { per hour } \\\text { Variable manufacturing overhead: } & 2.5 \text { hours } \times \$ 2 \text { per hour }\end{array}$

$\text { The following activity occurred during the month of June: }$

$\begin{array}{ll}\text { Materials purchased: } & 125,000 \text { pounds at } \$ 2.60 \text { per pound } \\\text { Materials used: } & 110,000 \text { pounds } \\\text { Units produced: } & 10,000 \text { units } \\\text { Direct labor: } & 24,000 \text { hours at } \$ 7.50 \text { per hour } \\\text { Actual variable manufacturing overhead: } & \$ 51,000\end{array}$ The company records materials price variances at the time of purchase.
The direct labor rate variance is

A) $12,000 favorable.
B) $8,000 favorable.
C) $12,000 unfavorable.
D) $8,000 unfavorable.