Question: 1. Aztec Industries produces bread which goes through two operations, mixing and baking, before it is ready to be packaged. Next year's expected costs and

1. Aztec Industries produces bread which goes through two operations, mixing and baking, before it is ready to be packaged. Next year's expected costs and activities are shown below.

Mixing

Baking

Direct labor hours

407,000

DLH

87,000

DLH

Machine hours

807,000

MH

807,000

MH

Overhead costs

$

569,800

$

407,000

Compute Aztec's departmental overhead rate for the baking department based on direct labor hours.

2. Angle Max Industries produces a product which goes through two operations, Assembly and Finishing, before it is ready to be shipped. Next years expected costs and activities are shown below.

Assembly

Finishing

Direct labor hours

180,000

DLH

148,000

DLH

Machine hours

380,000

MH

91,200

MH

Overhead costs

$

380,000

$

562,400

Assume that the Assembly Department allocates overhead using a plantwide overhead rate based on machine hours. How much total overhead will be assigned to a product that requires 2 direct labor hour and 3.30 machine hours in the Assembly Department, and 4.50 direct labor hours and 0.4 machine hours in the Finishing Department?

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