Tiger Furnishings produces two models of cabinets for home theater
components, the Basic and the Dominator. Data on operations and costs
for March follow:
Basic Dominator Total
Units produced 850 300 1,150
Machine-hours 4,400 2,000 6,400
Direct labor-hours 2,700 2,800 5,500
Direct materials costs $11,000 $3,450 $14,450
Direct labor costs 58,300 32,300 90,600
Manufacturing overhead costs 191,950
Total costs $297,000
Required:
Compute the predetermined overhead rate assuming that Tiger Furnishings
uses direct labor-hours to allocate overhead costs.
Pre-determined overhead rate, per direct labor hour.