George Wilson Is an Assembly-Line Worker for Gantt Manufacturing Last Week,George Spent the Entire 45 Hours He Worked on Its

question 27

Multiple Choice

George Wilson is an assembly-line worker for Gantt Manufacturing.Gantt pays its employees weekly.The following is a breakdown of all the labour costs traced to George for the previous week:
$$\begin{array} { l l } \text { Regular pay: } & 40 \text { hours at } \$ 12 \text { per hour } \\\text { Overthme pay: } & 5 \text { hours at } \$ 18 \text { per hour } \\\text { Fringe benefits received: } & \$ 50 \text { per week }\end{array}$$
Last week,George spent the entire 45 hours he worked on a special order 'rush' job for a particular customer.The overtime was necessary in order to complete the job from start to finish within one week.Assuming that George was the only employee who worked directly on this job,how much direct labour cost should be assigned to the job?

• A) $530
• B) $570
• C) $620
• D) $480

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