Swifty Corporation provided the following information from its accounting records for 2019: Expected production 50000 labor hours Actual production 46000 labor hours Budgeted overhead $1600000 Actual overhead $1540000 How much is the overhead application rate if Swifty Corporation bases it on direct labor hours? $34.78 per hour $33.48 per hour $32.00 per hour $30.80 per hour

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Swifty Corporation provided the following information from its accounting records for 2019:

Expected production 50000 labor hours
Actual production 46000 labor hours
Budgeted overhead $1600000
Actual overhead $1540000


How much is the overhead application rate if Swifty Corporation bases it on direct labor hours?

$34.78 per hour
$33.48 per hour
$32.00 per hour
$30.80 per hour
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Overhead Application = Budgeted overhead / Expected production.

Division of budgeted overhead with expected production derives the overhead application.

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