22. Contemporary Company has the following information available: Budgeted cost of direct materials at 900,000 units $900,000 Budgeted cost of direct materials at 820,000 units $820,000 Actual cost of direct materials at 820,000 units $840,000 Actual level of output(units) 820,000 Planned level of output(units) 900,000 The cost driver of product costs is units of output. What is the flexible budget variance for direct material costs

Oz makes lion food out of giraffe and gazelle meat. giraffe meat has 18 grams of protein and 36 grams of fat per pound, while gazelle meat has 36 grams of protein and 18 grams of fat per pound. a batch of lion food must contain at least "46,800" grams of protein and 70,200 grams of fat. giraffe meat costs $1/pound and gazelle meat costs $2/pound. how many pounds of each should go into each batch of lion food in order to minimize costs? hint [see example 2.]