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Cooper's Bags Company manufactures cloth grocery bags to be sold to grocery stores and other retailers. Cooper's Bags Company sells the bags in cases of 700
bags. The bags come in three sizes: Large, Medium, and Small. Currently, Cooper's Bags Company uses a single plant - wide overhead rate to allocate its
$8,616,000 of annual manufacturing overhead. Of this amount, $2,200,000 is associated with the Large Bag line, $3,416,000 is associated with the Medium
Bag line, and $3,000,000 is associated with the Small Bag line. Cooper's Bags Company is currently running a total of 40,000 machine hours: 14,000 in the Large
Bag line, 14,700 in the Medium Bag line, and 11,300 in the Small Bag line. Cooper's Bags Company uses machine hours as the cost driver for manufacturing
overhead costs.
The plant - wide manufacturing overhead rate would be closest to (Round your final answer to the nearest cent.)
A. $232.38 per machine hour.
B. $215.40 per machine hour.
C. $55.00 per machine hour.
D. $157.14 per machine hour.
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