a company uses machine hour to absorb production overheads which were budgeted to be E130500 for 9000 machine hours .actual overheads inccured were E128480 and 8800 machine hours were recorded what was the total under absorption of production overheads?
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The OAR is 130,500 / 9,000 = $14.50 per hour.
The overheads absorbed are therefore 8,800 x $14.50 = $127,600.
Therefore there is an under-absorption of $128,480 – $127,600 = $880
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