The Polaris Company uses a job-order costing system. The following transactions occurred in October: a. Raw materials purchased on account, $210,000. b. Raw materials used in production, $192,000 ($153,600 direct materials and $38,400 indirect materials). c. Accrued direct labor cost of $50,000 and indirect labor cost of $20,000. d. Depreciation recorded on factory equipment, $106,000. e. Other manufacturing overhead costs accrued during October, $130,000. f. The company applies manufacturing overhead cost to production using a predetermined rate of $8 per machine-hour. A total of 76,300 machine-hours were used in October. g. Jobs costing $514,000 according to their job cost sheets were completed during October and transferred to Finished Goods. h. Jobs that had cost $449,000 to complete according to their job cost sheets were shipped to customers during the month. These jobs were sold on account at 30% above cost.

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