Question

Challenger Factory produces two similar products: regular widgets and deluxe widgets. The total factory overhead budget is $589,600 with 376,800 estimated direct labor hours. Deluxe widget production requires 4 direct labor hours for each unit, and regular widget production requires 4 direct labor hours for each unit. Using a single plantwide factory overhead rate with an allocation base of direct labor hours, the factory overhead that Challenger Factory will allocate to regular widget production if budgeted production of regular widgets for the period is 75,000 units and actual production of regular widgets for the period is 127,500 units would be

Answer 1

Answer:

Challenger Factory

The total factory overhead that Challenger Factory will allocate to regular widget production if budgeted production is 75,000 units and actual production for the period is 127,500 units would be:

= $795,600.

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Total budgeted factory overhead = $589,600

Total estimated direct labor hours = 376,800

Overhead rate = $589,600/376,800 = $1.56

Direct labor hours per unit of widget = 4 hours

Budgeted production of regular widgets for the period = 75,000 units

Total direct labor hours for the period = 75,000 * 4 = 300,000 hours

Actual production of regular widgets for the period = 127,500

Total direct labor hours for regular widgets = 510,000 (127,500 *4)

Total factory overhead that Challenger Factory will allocate to regular widget production if budgeted production is 75,000 units and actual production for the period is 127,500 units would be:

= 510,000 * $1.56 = $795,600