Claybrooks Corporation Has Two Manufacturing Departments--Casting and Assembly

question 277

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 Assembly Department is closest to:

• A) $2.90
• B) $6.48
• C) $5.10
• D) $2.20

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