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High Desert Potteryworks makes a variety of pottery productsthat it sells to retailers. The company uses a job-order costingsystem in which departmental predetermined overhead rates are usedto apply manufacturing overhead cost to jobs. The predeterminedoverhead rate in the Molding Department is based on machine-hours,and the rate in the Painting Department is based on directlabor-hours. At the beginning of the year, the company provided thefollowing estimates:

Department
MoldingPainting
Direct labor-hours30,00055,900
Machine-hours84,00035,000
Fixedmanufacturing overhead cost$218,400$531,050
Variablemanufacturing overhead per machine-hour$2.80-
Variablemanufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour-$4.80

Job 205 was started on August 1 and completed on August 10. Thecompany's cost records show the following information concerningthe job:

Department
MoldingPainting
Direct labor-hours79130
Machine-hours32067
Directmaterials$942$1,180
Direct laborcost$750$960

Required:

1. Compute the predetermined overhead rates used in the MoldingDepartment and the Painting Department.

2. Compute the total overhead cost applied to Job 205.

3-a. What would be the total manufacturing cost recorded for Job205?

3-b. If the job contained 22 units, what would be the unitproduct cost?

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Compute the Predetermined Overhead Rates used in the MoldingDepartment and the Painting Department. (Round your answers to 2decimal places.)

Predetermined OverheadRate
MoldingDepartmentper MH
Painting DepartmentperDLH
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  • Compute the total overhead cost applied to Job 205. (Round"Predetermined overhead rate" to 2 decimal places. Round otherintermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest dollaramount.)

    Total overhead cost

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1 Predetermined overhead rate
Molding Department
Fixed manufacturing overhead cost (218400/84,000)= 2.6
Variable manufacturing overhead rate per machine hour 2.8
Predetermined overhead rate 5.4 per MH's
Painting Department
Fixed manufacturing overhead cost (531050/55900)= 9.5
Variable manufacturing overhead rate per machine hour 4.8
Predetermined overhead rate 14.3 per DLH
2) total overhead cost applied ot job 205
Molding painting total
Molding (320*5.4) 1728 1728
Painting (130*14.30) 1859 1859
total 1728 1859 3587
total overhead cost applied to job 205    3587
3-a) total manufacturing cost
Molding painting total
Direct materials 942 1180 2122
Direct labor cost 750 960 1710
overhead cost applied 1728 1859 3587
total 3420 3999 7419
total manufacturing cost $7,419
3-b) unit product cost = 7419/22
337.23

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