Question

High Desert Potteryworks makes a variety of pottery products that it sells to retailers. The company uses a job-order costing system in which departmental predetermined overhead rates are used to apply manufacturing overhead cost to jobs. The predetermined overhead rate in the Molding Department is based on machine-hours, and the rate in the Painting Department is based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the year, the company provided the following estimates:

	Department
	Molding			Painting
Direct labor-hours		36,000			51,700
Machine-hours		82,000			39,000
Fixed manufacturing overhead cost	$	205,000		$	454,960
Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour	$	2.80			-
Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour		-		$	4.80

Job 205 was started on August 1 and completed on August 10. The company's cost records show the following information concerning the job:

	Department
	Molding			Painting
Direct labor-hours		83			130
Machine-hours		370			72
Direct materials	$	944		$	1,160
Direct labor cost	$	700		$	950

Required:

1. Compute the predetermined overhead rates used in the Molding Department and the Painting Department.

2. Compute the total overhead cost applied to Job 205.

3-a. What would be the total manufacturing cost recorded for Job 205?

3-b. If the job contained 37 units, what would be the unit product cost?

Answer 1