Beans Corporation Uses a Job-Order Costing System with a Single

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Beans Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on total fixed manufacturing overhead cost of $162,000, variable manufacturing overhead of $2.80 per direct labor-hour, and 60,000 direct labor-hours. Recently, Job K818 was completed with the following characteristics:

-The estimated total manufacturing overhead is closest to:

• A) $330,000
• B) $162,000
• C) $168,000
• D) $162,003

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