A Company Estimates That Overhead Costs for the Next Year

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Essay

A company estimates that overhead costs for the next year will be $3,600,000 for indirect labor,$200,000 for factory utilities,and $21,500 for depreciation on factory machinery.The company uses machine hours as its overhead allocation base.If 764,300 machine hours are planned for this next year,what is the company's plantwide overhead rate?

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