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The Awesome Systems Company, Which Uses Direct Labor Hours to Assign

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The Awesome Systems Company, which uses direct labor hours to assign overhead costs to products, developed the following standard cost for one of their products:
STANDARD COST CARD PER UNIT
Materials: 10 pounds × $8 per pound $80.00
Direct labor: 3 hours × $32 per hour 96.00
Variable manufacturing overhead: $20 per direct labor hour ?
Fixed manufacturing overhead ?
Total standard cost per unit ?
The following information is available regarding the company's operations for the period:
Units produced: 15,000
Materials purchased: 180,000 pounds @ $7.20 per pound
Materials used: 160,000 pounds
Direct labor: 18,000 hours @ $37.00 per hour
Manufacturing overhead incurred:
Variable $880,000
Fixed $2,560,000
Budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead for the period is $4,800,000, and expected capacity for the period is 60,000 direct labor hours.
Required:
a. Calculate the standard fixed manufacturing overhead rate.
b. Complete the standard cost card for the product.

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a. $80 per DLH $4,800,000/60,000
b. STAN...

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