Question

Multiple Production Department Factory Overhead Rates Spotted Cow Dairy Company manufactures three products—whole milk, skim milk, and cream—in two production departments, Blending and Packing. The factory overhead for Spotted Cow Dairy is $323,500. The three products consume both machine hours and direct labor hours in the two production departments as follows: Direct Labor Hours Machine Hours Blending Department Whole milk 850 1,150 Skim milk 540 930 Cream 410 730 1,800 2,810 Packing Department Whole milk 250 1,800 Skim milk 260 1,110 Cream 245 1,190 755 4,100 Total 2,555 6,910 The management of Spotted Cow Dairy Company now plans to use the multiple production department factory overhead rate method. The total factory overhead associated with each department is as follows: Blending Department $180,000 Packing Department 143,500 Total $323,500 Required: If required, round all amounts to the nearest dollar. 1. Determine the multiple production department factory overhead rates, using direct labor hours for the Blending Department and machine hours for the Packing Department. Blending Department $ per direct labor hour Packing Department $ per machine hour 2. Determine the product factory overhead costs, using the multiple production department rates in (1).

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