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 |
| Molding | Painting |
Direct labor-hours | | 30,000 | | | 55,900 | |
Machine-hours | | 84,000 | | | 35,000 | |
Fixedmanufacturing overhead cost | $ | 218,400 | | $ | 531,050 | |
Variablemanufacturing overhead per machine-hour | $ | 2.80 | | | - | |
Variablemanufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour | | - | | $ | 4.80 | |
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Job 205 was started on August 1 and completed on August 10. Thecompany's cost records show the following information concerningthe job:
| Department |
| Molding | Painting |
Direct labor-hours | | 79 | | | 130 | |
Machine-hours | | 320 | | | 67 | |
Directmaterials | $ | 942 | | $ | 1,180 | |
Direct laborcost | $ | 750 | | $ | 960 | |
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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?
Complete this question by entering your answersin the tabs below.
Compute the Predetermined Overhead Rates used in the MoldingDepartment and the Painting Department. (Round your answers to 2decimal places.)
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| Predetermined OverheadRate | MoldingDepartment | | per MH | Painting Department | | perDLH |
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Complete this question by entering your answersin the tabs below.
- Req 1
- Req 2
- Req 3A
- Req 3B
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.)