Look Manufacturing Corporation has a traditional costing system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to its products using a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours (DLHs). The company has two products, N06D and M09K, about which it has provided the following data: The company's estimated total manufacturing overhead for the year is $2,532,200 and the company's estimated total direct labor-hours for the year is 44,000.The company is considering using a variation of activity-based costing to determine its unit product costs for external reports. Data for this proposed activity-based costing system appear below:
The manufacturing overhead that would be applied to a unit of product N06D under the company's traditional costing system is closest to:
A) $28.78
B) $10.00
C) $63.31
D) $34.53

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Look Manufacturing Corporation has a traditional costing system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to its products using a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours (DLHs). The company has two products, N06D and M09K, about which it has provided the following data:  The company's estimated total manufacturing overhead for the year is $2,532,200 and the company's estimated total direct labor-hours for the year is 44,000.The company is considering using a variation of activity-based costing to determine its unit product costs for external reports. Data for this proposed activity-based costing system appear below:
 The manufacturing overhead that would be applied to a unit of product N06D under the company's traditional costing system is closest to:
A) $28.78 
B) $10.00 
C) $63.31 
D) $34.53

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The Answer of Look Manufacturing Corporation has a traditional costing system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to its products using a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours (DLHs). The company has two products, N06D and M09K, about which it has provided the following data:  The company's estimated total manufacturing overhead for the year is $2,532,200 and the company's estimated total direct labor-hours for the year is 44,000.The company is considering using a variation of activity-based costing to determine its unit product costs for external reports. Data for this proposed activity-based costing system appear below:
 The manufacturing overhead that would be applied to a unit of product N06D under the company's traditional costing system is closest to:
A) $28.78 
B) $10.00 
C) $63.31 
D) $34.53

Look Manufacturing Corporation Has a Traditional Costing System in Which