V Company uses job order costing and had a balance in Work-in-Process Inventory on January 1 of $141,800.  Direct materials used in January were $174,500.  Direct labor used in January was $162,500.  Overhead is applied at a rate of 140 percent of direct labor dollars.  The following jobs were completed in January:  Job #84 had a total cost of $198,780.  Job #85 had a total cost of $102,520.  Job #86 had a total cost of $119,450.  Job #87 had a total cost of $93,150.  The only job not finished at the end of January was Job #88 that had $72,400 of material cost to date.  How much overhead had been applied to Job 88? a. $67,420 b. $94,390 c. $70,000

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V Company uses job order costing and had a balance in Work-in-Process Inventory on January 1 of $141,800.  Direct materials used in January were $174,500.  Direct labor used in January was $162,500.  Overhead is applied at a rate of 140 percent of direct labor dollars.  The following jobs were completed in January:  Job #84 had a total cost of $198,780.  Job #85 had a total cost of $102,520.  Job #86 had a total cost of $119,450.  Job #87 had a total cost of $93,150.  The only job not finished at the end of January was Job #88 that had $72,400 of material cost to date.  How much overhead had been applied to Job 88?
a. $67,420
b. $94,390
c. $70,000
d. $120,000
e. $35,100
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