Hickingbottom Corporation Has Two Production Departments, Forming and Finishing

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Multiple Choice

Hickingbottom Corporation has two production departments, Forming and Finishing. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The Forming Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Finishing Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the current year, the company had made the following estimates:
During the current month the company started and finished Job M381. The following data were recorded for this job:

-The predetermined overhead rate for the Forming Department is closest to:

• A) $5.70 per machine-hour
• B) $7.70 per machine-hour
• C) $2.00 per machine-hour
• D) $18.70 per machine-hour

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