The following information for the past year is available from Gas Company, a company that uses machine hours to apply standard factory overhead cost to outputs:   Actual total factory overhead cost incurred $ 31,000 Actual fixed overhead cost incurred $ 12,000 Budgeted fixed overhead cost $ 14,000 Actual machine hours 4,000 Standard machine hours allowed for the units manufactured 5,200 Denominator volume—machine hours 4,500 Standard variable overhead rate per machine hour $ 3   The standard fixed overhead application rate, to two (2) decimal places, is:   A. $5.11 per machine hour B. $2.11 per machine hour C. $4.11 per machine hour D. $3.11 per machine hour E. $6.11 per machine hour

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The following information for the past year is available from Gas Company, a company that uses machine hours to apply standard factory overhead cost to outputs:

 

Actual total factory overhead cost incurred $ 31,000
Actual fixed overhead cost incurred $ 12,000
Budgeted fixed overhead cost $ 14,000
Actual machine hours 4,000
Standard machine hours allowed for the units manufactured 5,200
Denominator volume—machine hours 4,500
Standard variable overhead rate per machine hour $ 3

 

The standard fixed overhead application rate, to two (2) decimal places, is:

 

A. $5.11 per machine hour
B. $2.11 per machine hour
C. $4.11 per machine hour
D. $3.11 per machine hour
E. $6.11 per machine hour

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