West Company Estimates That Overhead Costs for the Next Year

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Multiple Choice

West Company estimates that overhead costs for the next year will be $5,240,000 for indirect labor and $550,000 for factory utilities.The company uses machine hours as its overhead allocation base.If 150,000 machine hours are planned for this next year,what is the company's plantwide overhead rate?

• A)$0.0259 per machine hour.
• B)$34.93 per machine hour.
• C)$38.60 per machine hour.
• D)$3.67 per machine hour.
• E)$0.2727 per machine hour.

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