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Hickingbottom Corporation has two production departments, Forming and Finishing. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The Forming Department’s predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Finishing 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:

Forming Finishing
Machine-hours 17,000 15,000
Direct labor-hours 1,000 7,000
Total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 96,900 $ 65,800
Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 2.00
Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour $ 3.60

During the current month the company started and finished Job M381. The following data were recorded for this job:

Job M381: Forming Finishing
Machine-hours 80 30
Direct labor-hours 30 40
Direct materials $ 840 $ 350
Direct labor cost $ 750 $ 1,000

The predetermined overhead rate for the Forming Department is closest to:

Multiple Choice

$5.70 per machine-hour

$7.70 per machine-hour

$2.00 per machine-hour

$18.70 per machine-hour

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