Eisentrout Corporation has two production departments, Machining and Customizing. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The Machining Department’s predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Customizing Department’s predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the current year, the company had made the following estimates: Machining Customizing
Machine-hours 25,000 14,000
Direct labor-hours 8,000 6,000
Total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $117,500 $20,400
Variable manufacturing overhead per
machine-hour $1.50
Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour $5.0
During the current month the company started and finished Job T272. The following data were recorded for this job:
Job T272: Machining Customizing
Machine-hours 30 40
Direct labor-hours 40 50
The estimated total manufacturing overhead for the Machining Department is closest to:.
a. $68,900
b. $81,900
c. $97,900
d. $13,000