Fox Company manufactures decorative fountains used by hotels and restaurants.The company applies fixed overhead based on direct labor hours.Fox Company's fixed overhead spending variance for the year was $6,500 unfavorable.For the current year, the company had budgeted to produce 78,000 fountains.The company's actual fixed overhead for the year was $689,000.Fox produced 75,000 fountains and used 131,250 direct labor hours, which was the standard hours allowed for the number of fountains produced.What was Fox's budgeted fixed overhead rate per direct labor hour for the year (if necessary, round your answer to the nearest cent)?

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The budgeted fixed overhead rate per direct labor hour (DLH) can be calculated by dividing the budgeted fixed overhead by the budgeted direct labor hours. The budgeted fixed overhead is the actual fixed overhead minus the fixed overhead spending variance, which is $689,000 - $6,500 = $682,500. Since the standard hours allowed for the actual production (75,000 fountains) is 131,250 DLH and this was the plan for the actual production, we can infer that the budgeted hours were planned according to the standard rate per unit produced. Therefore, the budgeted fixed overhead rate per DLH = $682,500 / 131,250 DLH = $5.20/DLH. However, since this option is not available and there might have been a calculation oversight in deriving the exact options provided, the closest correct approach to find the budgeted fixed overhead rate per DLH involves dividing the total budgeted fixed overhead by the budgeted direct labor hours, which should align closely with the given options. Given the misunderstanding in the calculation explanation, the correct approach involves recalculating based on the provided options and understanding that the budgeted fixed overhead and how it relates to the budgeted direct labor hours directly impacts the rate, which should be calculated correctly from the given data.

Fox Company Manufactures Decorative Fountains Used by Hotels and Restaurants