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minnie moore corporation has the following overhead costs and cost dirvers. dire

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Question

minnie moore corporation has the following overhead costs and cost dirvers. direct labor hours are estimated at 100000 for the year

activity cost pool                cost driver               esr. overhead      cost driver activity

ordering and recieving            orders                      120000            500 orders

machine setup                        setups                      297000            450 setups  

machining                               Machine hours        1,500,000          125,000 MH

assembly                                 Parts                     1.200,000           1,000,000 parts

inspection                                inspectios                  300000           500 inspections

if overhead is applied using activity based costing, the overhead application rate for ordering and recieving is

Explanation / Answer

Total Overhead Cost = $120,000 + $297,000 + $1,500,000 + $1,200,000 + $300,000
Total Overhead Cost = $3,417,000
Direct Labor hours = 100,000 hours

If Overhead is applied using Traditional Costing based on direct labor hours = [$3,417,000 / 100,000]
= $34.17