Sewing                 Cutting  Direct labor hours                                                                                24,000                  120,000 Machine hours                                                                                       140,000                 10,000  Direct material cost                                                                              1,020,000              1,300,000 Direct labor cost                                                                                     260,000                  840,000  FOH Cost                                                                                                 1,204,000              1,470,000  Job 101 was started on February 1 and completed on February 25. The company’s cost records show the following information concerning the job.

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Peter Co. Makes shirts that it sells to retailers. The company uses a job order costing system in which predetermined overhead rates are used to apply factory overhead cost to jobs. The predetermined rate in the Sewing department is based on machine hours and in Cutting department is based on direct labor cost. The following estimates are made at the beginning of the year:

                                                                                                                 Sewing                 Cutting

 Direct labor hours                                                                                24,000                  120,000

Machine hours                                                                                       140,000                 10,000

 Direct material cost                                                                              1,020,000              1,300,000

Direct labor cost                                                                                     260,000                  840,000

 FOH Cost                                                                                                 1,204,000              1,470,000

 Job 101 was started on February 1 and completed on February 25. The company’s cost records show the following information concerning the job.

                                                                                                                     Sewing                         Cutting

 Direct labor hours                                                                                         60                               170

 Machine hours                                                                                             220                               40

Material used                                                                                                  940                             664

Direct labor cost                                                                                               580                          1,360

 

At the end of the year, the records of the company show the actual cost and data for all jobs worked during the year:

                                                                                                                           Sewing                     Cutting

 Direct labor hours                                                                                            20,000                   124,000

Machine hours                                                                                                   130,000                  18,000

Direct Material cost                                                                                           860,000                 1,360,000

Direct labor cost                                                                                                216,000                    872,000

FOH cost                                                                                                              1,140,000                1,500,000

If job 101 contained 100 units, what would be the unit cost?

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