company uses a markup of 50% on manufacturing cost to establish selling prices. The calculated selling price for Job M is closest to:

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Macnamara Corporation has two manufacturing departments--Casting and Finishing. The company used the following data at the beginning of the year to calculate predetermined overhead rates:

 

 

 

 

  Casting Finishing Total

Estimated total machine-hours (MHs) 1,000 4,000 5,000

Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 4,800 $ 8,800 $ 13,600

Estimated variable manufacturing overhead cost per MH $ 1.80 $ 2.90     

 

During the most recent month, the company started and completed two jobs--Job F and Job M. There were no beginning inventories. Data concerning those two jobs follow:

 

 

 

 

  Job F Job M

Direct materials $ 11,500 $ 9,000

Direct labor cost $ 18,400 $ 7,400

Casting machine-hours 700 300

Finishing machine-hours 1,600 2,400Assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both production departments. Further assume that the company uses a markup of 50% on manufacturing cost to establish selling prices. The calculated selling price for Job M is closest to:

  $45,930

  $15,310

  $30,620

  $47,767

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