Question

The management of Blue Ocean Company estimates that 50,000 machine-hours will be required to support the production planned for the year. It also estimates $300,000 of total fixed manufacturing overhead cost for the coming year and $4 of variable manufacturing overhead cost per machine-hour. What is the predetermined overhead rate?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is: The predetermined overhead rate is $10 per machine hour.

Explanation:

We must first determine the total overhead cost:

total overhead = fixed overhead cost + (variable overhead x machine hours)

total overhead = $300,000 + ($4 x 50,000) = $500,000

To get the predetermined overhead cost we divide the total overhead cost over the estimated machine hours.

Predetermined overhead cost = $500,000 / 50,000 = $10 per machine hour