Jurica Corporation has two production departments, Forming and Customizing. 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 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:     Forming Customizing Machine-hours   19,000   15,000 Direct labor-hours   4,000   6,000 Total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 100,700 $ 63,000 Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 2.00     Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour     $ 3.90The predetermined overhead rate for the Forming Department is closest to:     $5.30 per machine-hour     $7.30 per machine-hour     $23.12 per machine-hour     $2.00 per machine-hour

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Jurica Corporation has two production departments, Forming and Customizing. 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 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:

 


  Forming Customizing
Machine-hours   19,000   15,000
Direct labor-hours   4,000   6,000
Total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 100,700 $ 63,000
Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 2.00    
Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour     $ 3.90
The predetermined overhead rate for the Forming Department is closest to:
   
$5.30 per machine-hour
   
$7.30 per machine-hour
   
$23.12 per machine-hour
   
$2.00 per machine-hour
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