Decorte Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on the following data:   Total direct labor-hours 10,000 Total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 33,000 Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour $ 2.50  Recently, Job K332 was completed with the following characteristics:   Number of units in the job 70 Total direct labor-hours 140 Direct materials $ 455 Direct labor cost $ 5,320The amount of overhead applied to Job K332 is closest to:   $1,162   $462   $350   $812

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Decorte Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on the following data:

 

Total direct labor-hours 10,000

Total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 33,000

Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour $ 2.50 

Recently, Job K332 was completed with the following characteristics:

 

Number of units in the job 70

Total direct labor-hours 140

Direct materials $ 455

Direct labor cost $ 5,320The amount of overhead applied to Job K332 is closest to:

  $1,162

  $462

  $350

  $812

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