A company developed the following per-unit standards for its product: 2 gallons of direct materials at $8 per gallon. Last month 3000 gallons of direct materials were purchased for $22800. The direct materials price variance for last month was

A) $22800 favorable.
B) $600 favorable.
C) $1200 favorable.
D) $1200 unfavorable.

Direct Materials Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost of direct materials used in production and the expected (or standard) cost of those materials.

Per-unit Standards

Benchmarks or norms for the cost or quantity of materials, labor, and overhead required to produce one unit of product, used for budgeting and performance evaluation.

Gallons

Gallons are a measure of volume used primarily in the United States, equivalent to 3.785 liters.