K Company Estimates That Overhead Costs for the Next Year

question 183

Multiple Choice

K Company estimates that overhead costs for the next year will be $2,900,000 for indirect labor and $800,000 for factory utilities.The company uses direct labor hours as its overhead allocation base.If 80,000 direct labor hours are planned for this next year,how much overhead would be assigned to a product requiring 4 direct labor hours?

• A)$46.25
• B)$36.25
• C)$185.00
• D)$145.00
• E)None of the choices

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