Sweeten Company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of March and no beginning inventories. The company has two manufacturing departments—Molding and Fabrication. It started, completed, and sold only two jobs during March—Job P and Job Q. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Jobs P and Q (all data and questions relate to the month of March): Molding Fabrication Total Estimated total machine-hours used 2,500 1,500 4,000 Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead $ 13,000 $ 16,800 $ 29,800 Estimated variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 2.60 $ 3.40 Job P Job Q Direct materials $ 25,000 $ 14,000 Direct labor cost $ 30,600 $ 12,300 Actual machine-hours used: Molding 2,900 2,000 Fabrication 1,800 2,100 Total 4,700 4,100 Sweeten Company had no underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead costs during the month. Required: For questions 1-9, assume that Sweeten Company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments and Job P included 20 units and Job Q included 30 units. For questions 10-15, assume that the company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate with machine-hours as the allocation base. 10. What was the company’s plantwide predetermined overhead rate? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
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Sweeten Company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of March and no beginning inventories. The company has two manufacturing departments—Molding and Fabrication. It started, completed, and sold only two jobs during March—Job P and Job Q. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Jobs P and Q (all data and questions relate to the month of March):
| Molding | Fabrication | Total | |||||||
| Estimated total machine-hours used | 2,500 | 1,500 | 4,000 | ||||||
| Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead | $ | 13,000 | $ | 16,800 | $ | 29,800 | |||
| Estimated variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour | $ | 2.60 | $ | 3.40 | |||||
| Job P | Job Q | |||||
| Direct materials | $ | 25,000 | $ | 14,000 | ||
| Direct labor cost | $ | 30,600 | $ | 12,300 | ||
| Actual machine-hours used: | ||||||
| Molding | 2,900 | 2,000 | ||||
| Fabrication | 1,800 | 2,100 | ||||
| Total | 4,700 | 4,100 | ||||
Sweeten Company had no underapplied or overapplied
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For questions 1-9, assume that Sweeten Company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments and Job P included 20 units and Job Q included 30 units. For questions 10-15, assume that the company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate with machine-hours as the allocation base.
10. What was the company’s plantwide predetermined overhead rate? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
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