Using the Single Plantwide Factory Overhead Rate with an Allocation

question 60

Multiple Choice

Using the single plantwide factory overhead rate with an allocation base of direct labor hours,how much factory overhead will Challenger Factory allocate to regular widget production if budgeted production for the period is 75,000 units and actual production for the period is 72,000 units?

• A) $168,750
• B) $324,000
• C) $162,000
• D) $337,500

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