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- June 8, 2015 at 12:24 pm #255068
Please help me in the following qsn:
A company manufactures two products L and M in a factory divided into two cost centres, X and Y. The following
budgeted data are available:
Cost centre
X Y
Allocated and apportioned fixed
overhead costs $88,000 $96,000
Direct labour hours per unit:
Product L 3·0 1·0
Product M 2·5 2·0Budgeted output is 8,000 units of each product. Fixed overhead costs are absorbed on a direct labour hour basis.
What is the budgeted fixed overhead cost per unit for Product M?
A $10
B $11
C $12
D $13Also kindly advise on how i can plan myself in order to fully prepare for a CBE paper that i plan to sit by end of July. p/s I work full time and i seem to have alot of problems in this paper.
Thank you in advance
June 8, 2015 at 12:42 pm #255077The number of hours to be worked in cost centre X is (8,000 x 3.0) + (8,000 x 2.5) = 44,000.
Therefore the absorption rate for cost centre X is $88,000 / 44,000 = $2 per hour.
In the same way, calculate the absorption rate for cost centre Y.
The overhead cost for Product M is then (2.5 hours x $2) + (2.0 hours x the absorption rate for cost centre M)
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