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Sweeten Company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of March and no beginni

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Question

Sweeten Company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of March and no beginning inventories. The company has two manufacturing departments--Molding and Fabrication. It started, completed, and sold only two jobs during March Job P and Job Q. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Jobs P and Q (all data and questions relate to the month of March) Molding Fabrication Total 4,000 $12,250 $16,350 $28, 600 2,500 Estimated total machine-hours used Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead Estimated variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour 1,500 $ 2.30 3.10 Job Q $22,000 $12,500 $28,200 $11,100 Job P Direct materials Direct labor cost Actual machine-hours used: Molding Fabrication Total 2,600 1,500 4,100 1,700 1,800 3,500 Sweeten Company had no underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead costs during the month Required: For questions 1-8, assume that Sweeten Company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate with machine-hours as the allocation base. For questions 9-15, assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments Foundational 2-4 4. If Job P included 20 units, what was its unit product cost? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to nearest whole dollar.)

Explanation / Answer

4. If Job P included 20 units, then its unit product cost is $4508.75 as shown below.

Predetermined Overhead Rate = Estimated Fixed Overhead/Estimated Direct Labor Hours + Variable Overhead Rate Per Hour Estimated total overhead = Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead ($28,600) + variable overhead molding (machine hours:2500*var overhead per machine hour molding:$2.3) + variable overhead fabrication (machine hours:1500*var overhead per machine hour fabrication:$3.10 = 28600+ 5750 + 4650 = 39000 Plantwide predetermined rate = estimated total overhead (39000)estimated total machine hours (4000) = 9.75 Manufacturing overhead = direct materials + direct labor + (predetermine overhead rate*machine hours) Job P = overhead rate * total machine hours = 9.75(previous solution) * 4100 = $39,975 Total manufacturing cost = direct materials + direct labor + manufacturing overhead (previous solution) = 22,000 + 28200 + 39975 =$90175 Unit product cost = total manufacturing cost total units = 90175 20 = $4508.75