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Single Plantwide Factory Overhead Rate

Scrumptious Snacks Inc. manufactures three types of snack foods: tortilla chips, potato chips, and pretzels. The company has budgeted the following costs for the upcoming period:

Factory depreciation		$16,142
Indirect labor		40,004
Factory electricity		4,562
Indirect materials		9,474
Selling expenses		22,458
Administrative expenses		12,633
	Total costs	$105,273

Factory overhead is allocated to the three products on the basis of processing hours. The products had the following production budget and processing hours per case:

		Budgeted Volume (Cases)				Processing Hours Per Case
Tortilla chips			5,100			0.15
Potato chips			5,100			0.10
Pretzels			3,300			0.12
	Total		13,500

If required, round all per-case answers to the nearest cent.

a. Determine the single plantwide factory overhead rate. $fill in the blank 1 per processing hour

b. Use the overhead rate in (a) to determine the amount of total and per-case overhead allocated to each of the three products under generally accepted accounting principles.

	Total Factory Overhead	Per-Case Factory Overhead
Tortilla chips	$fill in the blank 2	$fill in the blank 3
Potato chips	fill in the blank 4	fill in the blank 5
Pretzels	fill in the blank 6	fill in the blank 7
Total	$fill in the blank 8

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