Laflame corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on machine-hours. the company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on the following data: total machine-hours 70,000 total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 357,000 variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 3.90 the estimated total manufacturing overhead is closest to:

S. you are changing planes in london for a flight to paris where you will connect with your flight to capetown. you are picking up reading material for the flight and are looking at the prices listed on the economist magazine which conveniently lists prices in several different global currencies. you note that the price in pounds is 2.40 pounds and the price in euros is 2 euros. the exchange rate for the dollar (your credit card was issued in the usa) is $1.59/pound and s1.3837/euro. should you buy reading materials now or wait until you're in paris?