Soul Socket Inc. Manufactures Socket Wrenches

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Essay

Soul Socket Inc. manufactures socket wrenches.
-For next month, the vice president of production plans on producing 4,450 wrenches per day.
-The company can produce as many as 5,000 wrenches per day, but is more likely to produce 4,500 per day.
-The demand for wrenches for the next three years is expected to average 4,250 wrenches per day.
-Fixed manufacturing costs per month total $374,000.
-The company works 22 days a month.
-Fixed manufacturing overhead is charged on a per-wrench basis.
Required:
a.What is the theoretical fixed manufacturing overhead rate per wrench for the next month?
b.What is the practical fixed manufacturing overhead rate per wrench for the next month?
c.What is the normal fixed manufacturing overhead rate per wrench for the next month?
d.What is the master-budget fixed manufacturing overhead rate per wrench for the next month?

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Definitions:

Fertilization

The process by which a sperm cell unites with an egg cell, resulting in the formation of a zygote that can develop into a new organism.

Secondary Oocyte

The cell that results from the first meiotic division of the primary oocyte, which will undergo the second meiotic division if fertilized.

Reproductive Cells

Cells involved in sexual reproduction, including sperms in males and eggs (ova) in females.

Gametes

Reproductive cells (sperm in males and eggs in females) that carry half the genetic information of an individual, combining during fertilization to form a new organism.