Garza Corporation has two production departments, Casting and Customizing. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The Casting Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Customizing 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:     Casting Customizing Machine-hours   20,000   13,000 Direct labor-hours   1,000   7,000 Total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 152,000 $ 68,600 Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 2.10     Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour     $ 4.30The predetermined overhead rate for the Casting Department is closest to:     $9.70 per machine-hour     $7.60 per machine-hour     $27.71 per machine-hour     $2.10 per machine-hour

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

 


  Casting Customizing
Machine-hours   20,000   13,000
Direct labor-hours   1,000   7,000
Total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 152,000 $ 68,600
Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 2.10    
Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour     $ 4.30
The predetermined overhead rate for the Casting Department is closest to:
   
$9.70 per machine-hour
   
$7.60 per machine-hour
   
$27.71 per machine-hour
   
$2.10 per machine-hour
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