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Sweeten Company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of March and no beginni

ID: 2609700 • Letter: S

Question

Sweeten Company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of March and no beginning inventories. The company has two manufacturing departments-Molding and Fabrication. It started, completed, and sold only two jobs during March Job P and Job Q. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Jobs P and Q (all data and questions relate to the month of March) Molding Fabrication Total 4,000 $12,250 $16,350 $28,600 2,500 Estimated total machine-hours used Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead Estimated variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour 1,500 $ 2.30 3.10 Job Q $22,000 $12,500 $28,200 $11,100 Job P Direct materials Direct labor cost Actual machine-hours used: Molding Fabrication Total 2,600 1,500 4,100 1,700 1,800 3,500 Sweeten Company had no underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead costs during the month Required For questions 1-8, assume that Sweeten Company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate with machine-hours as the allocation base. For questions 9-15, assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments Foundational 2-13 13. If Job Q included 30 units, what was its unit product cost? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to

Explanation / Answer

Predetermined overhead rate Molding department 7.20 per MH =2.3+(12250/2500) Fabrication department 14.00 per MH =3.1+(16350/1500) 13 Direct materials 12500 Direct labor 11100 Overhead: Molding department 12240 =1700*7.2 Fabrication department 25200 =1800*14 Total cost 61040 Units 30 Unit product cost 2034.67