Simplex Company Has the Following Estimated Costs for Next Year

question 50

Multiple Choice

Simplex Company has the following estimated costs for next year: Simplex estimates that 10,000 direct labour and 16,000 machine hours will be worked during the year.If overhead is applied on the basis of machine hours,the overhead rate per hour will be:

• A) $3.50.
• B) $6.94.
• C) $7.63.
• D) $8.56.

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Definitions:

Raw Material

Basic substances in their natural, modified, or semi-processed state used as inputs to a production process for manufacturing goods.

Beginning Inventory

The value of all inventory held by a company at the start of an accounting period, which includes raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods.

Merchandise Purchases

The acquisition of goods that a company intends to sell in its normal course of business; this includes goods bought for resale.

Cost Of Goods

The total direct costs attributable to the production of the goods sold by a company.