Kostelnik Corporation Uses a Job-Order Costing System with a Single

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Kostelnik Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on machine-hours. The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on total fixed manufacturing overhead cost of $237,000, variable manufacturing overhead of $3.90 per machine-hour, and 30,000 machine-hours. The company has provided the following data concerning Job A496 which was recently completed: The amount of overhead applied to Job A496 is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

• A) $1,256
• B) $632
• C) $944
• D) $312

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