FINANCIAL AND MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
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Chapter 14, Problem 3QS
Classifying product costs C2
Identify each of the following costs as either direct materials (DM), direct labor (DL), or factory overhead (FO). The company manufactures tennis balls.
1. Rubber used to form the cores
2. Factory maintenance
3. Wages paid to assembly workers
4. Glue used in binding rubber cores to felt covers
5.
6.Cants to package the balls
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