Claybrooks Corporation Has Two Manufacturing Departments--Casting and Assembly

question 178

Multiple Choice

Claybrooks Corporation has two manufacturing departments--Casting and Assembly. The company used the following data at the beginning of the year to calculate predetermined overhead rates: Assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments. The departmental predetermined overhead rate in the Casting Department is closest to:

• A) $1.50
• B) $7.40
• C) $5.90
• D) $6.48

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