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Question - The Ramapo Company produces two products, Blinks and Dinks. They are manufactured in two departments, Fabrication and Assembly. Data for the products and departments are listed below.
Product Number of Units Labor Hours Per Unit Machine Hours Per Unit
Blinks 91624
Dinks 2,23137
All of the machine hours take place in the Fabrication department, which has an estimated overhead of $109,300. All of the labor hours take place in the Assembly department, which has an estimated total overhead of $93,300.
The Ramapo Company uses a single overhead rate to apply all overhead costs. What would the single plantwide rate be if it was based on machine hours instead of labor hours?
a. $13.13 per machine hour
b. $8.41 per machine hour
c. $10.51 per machine hour
d. $24.17 per machine hour