Question: Jenny Manufacturing Corporation uses a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. Last year, the Corporation worked 55,000 actual direct labor hours and incurred $520,000 of actual manufacturing overhead costs. The Corporation had estimated that it would work 52,000 direct labor hours during the year and incur $468,000 of manufacturing overhead costs. The Corporation's manufacturing overhead cost for the year was: a. overapplied by $25,000. b. underapplied by $27,000. c. underapplied by $25,000. d. overapplied by $27,000.
Question: Jenny Manufacturing Corporation uses a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. Last year, the Corporation worked 55,000 actual direct labor hours and incurred $520,000 of actual manufacturing overhead costs. The Corporation had estimated that it would work 52,000 direct labor hours during the year and incur $468,000 of manufacturing overhead costs. The Corporation's manufacturing overhead cost for the year was: a. overapplied by $25,000. b. underapplied by $27,000. c. underapplied by $25,000. d. overapplied by $27,000.
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Jenny Manufacturing Corporation uses a predetermined overhead rate based
on direct labor hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. Last year, the
Corporation worked 55,000 actual direct labor hours and incurred $520,000 of
actual manufacturing overhead costs. The Corporation had estimated that it
would work 52,000 direct labor hours during the year and incur $468,000 of
manufacturing overhead costs.
The Corporation's manufacturing overhead cost for the year was:
a. overapplied by $25,000.
b. underapplied by $27,000.
c. underapplied by $25,000.
d. overapplied by $27,000.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F1c6ff279-acce-421e-aca4-82319b9ce0a4%2F288871ea-7fae-40da-82ea-36be77d2b6de%2Feuyr8xl_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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Jenny Manufacturing Corporation uses a predetermined overhead rate based
on direct labor hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. Last year, the
Corporation worked 55,000 actual direct labor hours and incurred $520,000 of
actual manufacturing overhead costs. The Corporation had estimated that it
would work 52,000 direct labor hours during the year and incur $468,000 of
manufacturing overhead costs.
The Corporation's manufacturing overhead cost for the year was:
a. overapplied by $25,000.
b. underapplied by $27,000.
c. underapplied by $25,000.
d. overapplied by $27,000.
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