Boswell Company Manufactures Two Products, Regular and Supreme Overhead Applied to Supreme Using Traditional Costing Using Direct Labor

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Multiple Choice

Boswell Company manufactures two products, Regular and Supreme. Boswell's overhead costs consist of machining, $3,000,000; and assembling, $1,500,000. Information on the two products is: $\begin{array}{lrr}&\text { Regular}&\text { Supreme }\text { Direct labor hours } & 10,000 & 15,000 \\\text { Machine hours } & 10,000 & 30,000 \\\text { Number of parts } & 90,000 & 160,000\end{array}$ Overhead applied to Supreme using traditional costing using direct labor hours is

• A)$1,290,000.
• B)$1,800,000.
• C)$2,700,000.
• D)$3,210,000.

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