Question

Red Raider Company uses a plantwide overhead rate with machine hours as the allocation base. Next year, 400,000 units are expected to be produced requiring 1.2 machine hours each. How much overhead will be assigned to each unit produced given the following estimated amounts? Estimated: Department 1 Department 2 Manufacturing overhead costs $ 2,530,000 $ 2,752,000 Direct labor hours 168,000 DLH 110,000 DLH Machine hours 30,000 MH 8,000 MH

Answer 1

Answer:

$166.8

Explanation:

Given that,

Units expected to produced = 400,000 units

Machine hours required = 1.2 each

Manufacturing overhead costs:

= Department 1 + Department 2

= $2,530,000 + $2,752,000

= $5,282,000

Total Machine hours:

= Department 1 + Department 2

= 30,000 MH + 8,000 MH

= 38,000 MH

Overhead cost per machine hour:

= Manufacturing overhead costs ÷ Total Machine hours

= $5,282,000 ÷ 38,000 MH

= $139 per MH

Overhead cost per unit:

= Overhead cost per machine hour × Machine hours required for each

= $139 per MH × 1.2

= $166.8