137) Ronson Corporation has two manufacturing departments—Casting and Customizing. 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 C and Job G.
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. The total manufacturing cost assigned to Job G is closest to:
A) $42,070
B) $27,370
C) $6,800
D) $7,900
Estimated fixed manufacturing overhead
27,500
Estimated variable manufacturing overhead
($1.70 per MH × 5,000 MHs)
8,500
Estimated total manufacturing overhead cost
36,000