120) Nielsen Corporation has two manufacturing departments—Machining and Assembly. The
company used the following data at the beginning of the year to calculate predetermined
overhead rates:
Estimated total machine-hours (MHs)
Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead cost
Estimated variable manufacturing overhead cost
per MH
During the most recent month, the company started and completed two jobs—Job F and Job M.
There were no beginning inventories. Data concerning those two jobs follow:
Assume that the company uses a plantwide predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on
machine-hours and uses a markup of 40% on manufacturing cost to establish selling prices. The
calculated selling price for Job M is closest to:
A) $46,154
B) $41,958
C) $29,970
D) $11,988
Estimated fixed manufacturing overhead
$
4,700
Estimated variable manufacturing overhead
($1.20 per MH × 1,000 MHs)
1,200
Estimated total manufacturing overhead cost
$
5,900
Estimated fixed manufacturing overhead
$
10,800
Estimated variable manufacturing overhead
($2.20 per MH × 4,000 MHs)
8,800
Estimated total manufacturing overhead cost
$