Mahon Corporation Has Two Production Departments, Casting and Customizing

question 13

Multiple Choice

Mahon Corporation has two production departments, Casting and Customizing. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The Casting Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Customizing Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the current year, the company had made the following estimates: During the current month the company started and finished Job T138. The following data were recorded for this job:
The amount of overhead applied in the Customizing Department to Job T138 is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

• A) $688.00
• B) $116,960.00
• C) $816.00
• D) $344.00

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Definitions:

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Strike

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