Garza Corporation Has Two Production Departments, Casting and Customizing

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Garza 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: The predetermined overhead rate for the Casting Department is closest to:

• A) $9.70 per machine-hour
• B) $7.60 per machine-hour
• C) $2.10 per machine-hour
• D) $27.71 per machine-hour

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