Grady, Inc. manufactures model airplane kits and projects production at 650, 500, 450, and 600 kits for the next four quarters. Direct materials are 4 ounces of plastic per kit and the plastic costs $1 per ounce. Indirect materials are considered insignificant and are not included in the budgeting process. Beginning Raw Materials Inventory is 850 ounces, and the company desires to end each quarter with 10% of the materials needed for the next quarter's production. Grady desires a balance of 200 ounces in Raw Materials Inventory at the end of the fourth quarter. Each kit requires 0.10 hours of direct labor at an average cost of $10 per hour. Manufacturing overhead is allocated using direct labor hours as the allocation base. Variable overhead is $0.20 per kit, and fixed overhead is $165 per quarter. Prepare year. Round the direct labor hours needed for production, budgeted overhead costs, and predetermined overhead allocation rate to two decimal places. Round other amounts to the nearest whole number. direct materials budget, direct labor budget, and manufacturing overhead budget for the
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I need help with this problem. Please explain how you get your figures. Especially the direct materials cost per ounce amount.
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