Abbeville Fixture Company manufactures faucets in a small manufacturing facility. The faucets are made from brass. Manufacturing has 90 employees. Each employee presently provides 36 hours of labor per week. Information about a production week is as follows:

Standard wage per hr. $15.00
Standard labor time per faucet 40 min.
Standard number of lb. of brass 3 lb.
Standard price per lb. of brass $2.40
Actual price per lb. of brass $2.50
Actual lb. of brass used during the week 14,350 lb.
Number of faucets produced during the week 4,800
Actual wage per hr. $14.40
Actual hrs. for the week 3,240 hrs

Determine the A detailed estimate of what a product should cost. standard cost per unit for direct materials and direct labor.

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