2. mls construction llc asked md drilling and blasting inc. to do rock drilling and blasting work lo3 required for an excavation project. md had previously done work for mls but had not been fully paid. md agreed to do the new work if mls made a significant payment on the balance due. mls agreed and gave md a check for $15,000. md began work and the same day faxed an unsigned written agreement to mls. two weeks later, md learned that mls had stopped payment on the check. md stopped work on the project and sued mls for breach of contract. mls argued that the unsigned agreement that md faxed revoked the original offer, and therefore there was no contract. did it?

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows.direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow.fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.