Wall Nuts, Inc

question 175

Multiple Choice

Wall Nuts, Inc. produces paneling that requires two processes, A and B, to complete. Oak is the best-selling of all the many types of paneling produced. Information related to the 40,000 units of oak paneling produced annually is shown in the following table:

Wall Nuts' total expected overhead costs and related overhead data are shown below.

-Use the above data for Wall Nuts,Inc.to compute the total manufacturing cost per unit of oak paneling assuming the company uses departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in Department A and machine hours in Department B.

• A)$8.70
• B)$18.20
• C)$21.95
• D)$27.30
• E)$36.00

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