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The Aleutian Company produces two products, Rings and Dings. They are manufactur

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Question

The Aleutian Company produces two products, Rings and Dings. They are manufactured in two departments, Fabrication and assembly. Data for the products and departments are listed below.

All of the machine hours take place in the Fabrication department, which has an estimated overhead of $86,837. All of the labor hours take place in the Assembly department, which has an estimated total overhead of $68,353.

The Aleutian Company uses a departmental overhead rates. The fabrication department uses machine hours for an allocation base, and the assembly department uses labor hours.

What is the fabrication department overhead rate per machine hour? Round to the nearest cent.

Select the correct answer.


Product Number of
units Labor hrs
per unit Machine hours
per unit   Rings 991 4 8   Dings 2,068 3 10

Explanation / Answer

Fabrication department overhead = 86837

Total Machine Hour = 991*8 + 2068*10 = 28608 machine hour



The fabrication department overhead rate per machine hour = Fabrication department overhead/ Total Machine Hour


The fabrication department overhead rate per machine hour = 86837/28608


The fabrication department overhead rate per machine hour = 3.04



Answer: $3.04