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PROBLEMS
4-39 (a) Plantwide cost driver rate = $15,000,000/100,000 machine hours
(b) Actual overhead − applied overhead
= $14,200,000 − $13,500,000 = $700,000
(c) Work in process, finished goods, and cost of goods sold will be
(d) Actual overhead − estimated overhead
Estimated overhead − applied overhead
overhead cost results from idle capacity. Recall that the machine hour
practical capacity was 100,000 while the actual machine hours used
totaled 90,000. This means that idle capacity was 10,000 (100,000 –
90,000) machine hours with an associated idle capacity cost of
$1,500,000 (10,000 × $150). Management will likely seek