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Quiet 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 40,000 machine-hours, total fixed manufacturing overhead cost of $152,000, and a variable manufacturing overhead rate of $3.10 per machine-hour.Required:Calculate the estimated total manufacturing overhead for the year.


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Average Observed Time

The mean time recorded for a given task or process, based on measurements taken over a series of observations or operations.

Allowance Factors

Elements taken into account to adjust time standards or costs, accounting for various delays or inefficiencies in operations.

Normal Time

The average time in which a task or operation should be completed under normal working conditions.

Lillian Gilbreth

An American psychologist and engineer known as the "mother of modern management," instrumental in developing industrial management techniques and the study of ergonomics.

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