Sonneborn Corporation has two manufacturing departments--Molding and Customizing. The company used the following data at the beginning of the year to calculate predetermined overhead rates:
| Molding | Customizing | Total |
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| Estimated total machine-hours (MHs) | 1,000 | 9,000 | 10,000 |
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| Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead cost | $5,100 | $23,400 | $28,500 |
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| Estimated variable manufacturing overhead cost per MH | $ 1.50 | $ 2.50 | |
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During the most recent month, the company started and completed two jobs--Job D and Job G. There were no beginning inventories. Data concerning those two jobs follow:
| Job D | Job G |
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| Direct materials | $ 14,700 | $ 9,100 |
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| Direct labor cost | $ 18,800 | $ 8,300 |
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| Molding machine-hours | 700 | 300 |
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| Customizing machine-hours | 3,600 | 5,400 |
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Required:
a. Assume that the company uses a plantwide predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on machine-hours. Calculate the amount of manufacturing overhead applied to Job D.
b. Assume that the company uses a plantwide predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on machine-hours. Calculate the amount of manufacturing overhead applied to Job G.
c. Assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both production departments. How much manufacturing overhead will be applied to Job D?
d. Assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both production departments. How much manufacturing overhead will be applied to Job G?
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