The manager at Screaming Trees has been trying to calculate the portion of the company's overhead expenses that is fixed and the portion that is variable. Over the past twelve months, the number of yards of mulch processed was highest in July, when the totalmonthly overhead costs totaled $32,000 for 37,000 yards of mulch processed. The lowest number of yards of mulch processed in the last twelve months occurred in October, when total overhead costs were $26,000 for 26,000 yards of mulch processed. Whatwas the variable cost per yard?OA. $1.00O B. $1.83O C. $0.55O D. $0.86

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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

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Thomlin Company forecasts that total overhead for the current year will be $11,176,000 with 183,000 total machine hours. Year to date, the actual overhead is $7,700,000 and the actual machine hours are 97,000 hours. The predetermined overhead rate based on machine hours is Round the factory overhead rate to the nearest dollar before multiplying by the number of hours.
Production workers for Zachary Manufacturing Company provided 4,300 hours of labor in January and 3,400 hours in February. The company, whose operation is labor intensive, expects to use 48,300 hours of labor during the year. Zachary paid a $111,090 annual premium on July 1 of the prior year for an insurance policy that covers the manufacturing facility for the following 12 months. Required Based on this information, how much of the insurance cost should be allocated to the products made in January and to those made in February? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
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