Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Sweeten Company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of March and no beginning inventories. The company has two manufacturing departments—Molding and Fabrication. It started, completed, and sold only two jobs during March—Job P and Job Q. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Jobs P and Q (all data and questions relate to the month of March): Molding Fabrication Total Estimated total machine-hours used 2,500 1,500 4,000 Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead $ 13,000 $ 16,800 $ 29,800 Estimated variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 2.60 $ 3.40 Job P Job Q Direct materials $ 25,000 $ 14,000 Direct labor cost $ 30,600 $ 12,300 Actual machine-hours used: Molding 2,900 2,000 Fabrication 1,800 2,100 Total 4,700 4,100 Sweeten Company had no underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead costs during the month. Required: For questions 1-9, assume that Sweeten Company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments and Job P included 20 units and Job Q included 30 units. For questions 10-15, assume that the company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate with machine-hours as the allocation base. 12. If Job P included 20 units, what was its unit product cost? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to nearest whole dollar.)

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[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]

Sweeten Company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of March and no beginning inventories. The company has two manufacturing departments—Molding and Fabrication. It started, completed, and sold only two jobs during March—Job P and Job Q. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Jobs P and Q (all data and questions relate to the month of March):

	Molding	Fabrication	Total
Estimated total machine-hours used		2,500			1,500		4,000
Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead	$	13,000		$	16,800	$	29,800
Estimated variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour	$	2.60		$	3.40

	Job P	Job Q
Direct materials	$	25,000	$	14,000
Direct labor cost	$	30,600	$	12,300
Actual machine-hours used:
Molding		2,900		2,000
Fabrication		1,800		2,100
Total		4,700		4,100

Sweeten Company had no underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead costs during the month.

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For questions 1-9, assume that Sweeten Company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments and Job P included 20 units and Job Q included 30 units. For questions 10-15, assume that the company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate with machine-hours as the allocation base.

12. If Job P included 20 units, what was its unit product cost? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to nearest whole dollar.)

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