High Desert Potteryworks makes a variety of pottery products that it sells to retailers. The company uses a job-order costing system in which departmental predetermined overhead rates are used to apply manufacturing overhead cost to jobs. The predetermined overhead rate in the Molding Department is based on machine-hours, and the rate in the Painting Department is based on direct

 

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High Desert Potteryworks makes a variety of pottery products that it sells to retailers. The company uses a job-order costing system in which departmental predetermined overhead rates are used to apply manufacturing overhead cost to jobs. The predetermined overhead rate in the Molding Department is based on machine-hours, and the rate in the Painting Department is based on direct labor- hours. At the beginning of the year, the company provided the following estimates: Painting 54,300 38,000 $ 504,990 $ 4.40 Job 205 was started on August 1 and completed on August 10. The company's cost records show the following information concerning the job: Direct labor-hours Machine-hours Fixed manufacturing overhead cost Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour Direct labor-hours Machine-hours Direct materials Direct labor cost Department Molding 81 330 $938. $ 740 Painting 127 74 $ 1,200. $ 1,000 Department Molding 37,500 88,000 $ 246,400 $ 2.40 Required: 1. Compute the predetermined overhead rates used in the Molding Department 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 Job 205? 3-b. If the job contained 40 units, what would be the unit product cost?

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