laybrooks Corporation has two manufacturing departments--Casting and Assembly. The company used the following data at the beginning of the year to calculate predetermined overhead rates:     Casting Assembly Total Estimated total machine-hours (MHs)   3,000   2,000   5,000 Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 17,700 $ 5,800 $ 23,500 Estimated variable manufacturing overhead cost per MH $ 1.50 $ 2.20    Assume that the company uses a  plantwide predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on machine-hours. That predetermined manufacturing overhead rate is closest to:     $6.48     $7.40     $4.70     $3.70

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laybrooks Corporation has two manufacturing departments--Casting and Assembly. The company used the following data at the beginning of the year to calculate predetermined overhead rates:

 


  Casting Assembly Total
Estimated total machine-hours (MHs)   3,000   2,000   5,000
Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 17,700 $ 5,800 $ 23,500
Estimated variable manufacturing overhead cost per MH $ 1.50 $ 2.20    
Assume that the company uses a  plantwide predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on machine-hours. That predetermined manufacturing overhead rate is closest to:
   
$6.48
   
$7.40
   
$4.70
   
$3.70
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