Question

Swifty Inc. manufactures two products: car wheels and truck wheels. To determine the amount of overhead to assign to each product line, the controller, Robert Hermann, has developed the following information.
Car Truck
Estimated wheels produced 40,000 10,000
Direct labor hours per wheel 1 3
Total estimated overhead costs for the two product lines are $742,000.
Calculate overhead rate. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 12.25.) Overhead rate $ per direct labor hour.

Answer 1

Answer:

$10.60 per direct labor hour

Explanation:

Calculation for the overhead rate

First step is to calculate the Direct labor hours for car wheels using this formula

Direct labor hours for car wheels = Estimated wheel produced * Direct labor hour per wheel

Let plug in the formula

Direct labor hours for car wheels= 40,000 * 1

Direct labor hours for car wheels= 40,000 hours

Second step is to calculate Direct labor hours for Truck wheels using this formula

Direct labor hours for Truck wheels = Estimated wheel produced * Direct labor hour per wheel

Let plug in the formula

Direct labor hours for Truck wheels= 10,000 * 3

Direct labor hours for Truck wheels= 30,000 hours

Third step is to calculate the Total direct labor hours

Total direct labor hours = 40,000 + 30,000

Total direct labor hours=70,000 hours

Now let calculate the Overhead rate using this formula

Overhead rate = Total estimated overhead costs / Total direct labor hours

Overhead rate= $742,000 / 70,000 hours

Overhead rate= $10.60 per direct labor hour

Therefore Overhead rate is $10.60 per direct labor hour