Selected information from the Iowa Instruments accounting records for April follows:

Materials Inventory

Debit Credit

BB $(4/1)27,000$

$211,000176,000$

Work$-$in$-$Process Inventory

Debit Credit

Labor $96,000$

EB $(4/30)93,000$

Finished Goods Inventory

Debit Credit

BB $(4/1)89,000$

$289,000274,000$

Cost of Goods Sold

Debit Credit

$5,500$

Manufacturing Overhead Control

Debit Credit

$79,500$

$79,500$

Applied Manufacturing Overhead

Debit Credit

$92,800$

$87,300$

$5,500$

Additional information for April follows:

The labor wage rate was $$30$ per hour.

During the month, sales revenue was $$321,000,$ and selling and administrative costs were $$83,000.$

This company has no indirect materials or supplies.

The company applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of direct labor$-$hours.

Customer returns are discarded and not resold.

Required:

What was the cost of direct materials purchased in April?

What was the over$-$ or underapplied manufacturing overhead for April?

What was the manufacturing overhead application rate in April?

What was the cost of products completed during April?

What was the balance of the Work$-$in$-$Process Inventory account at the beginning of April?

What was the operating profit $($or loss$)$ for April? Any over$-$ or underapplied overhead is written off to Cost of Goods Sold.

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