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A company uses a job order costing system and applies overhead on the basis of direct labor cost. A summary of the company's Work in Process Inventory account for December appears below.
Work in Process
 Date  Explanation  FR  Debit  Credit  Balance  Dec. 1 73,800 Dec.  Direct Materials  G-20 235,800309,600 Dec.  Direct Labor  G-20 117,000426,600 Dec.  Factory Overhead  G-20 187,200613,800 Dec.  Job No. 5 completed  G-8 90,900522,900 Dec.  Job No. 6 completed  G-10 131,40391,5000 Dec.  Job No. 7 completed  G-12 73,800317,700 Dec. 31  Job No. 8 completed  G-15 168,300149,400\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Date } & \text { Explanation } & \text { FR } & \text { Debit } & \text { Credit } & \text { Balance } \\\hline \text { Dec. 1 } & & & & & 73,800 \\\hline \text { Dec. } & \text { Direct Materials } & \text { G-20 } & 235,800 & & 309,600 \\\hline \text { Dec. } & \text { Direct Labor } & \text { G-20 } & 117,000 & & 426,600 \\\hline \text { Dec. } & \text { Factory Overhead } & \text { G-20 } & 187,200 & & 613,800 \\\hline \text { Dec. } & \text { Job No. 5 completed } & \text { G-8 } & & 90,900 & 522,900 \\\hline \text { Dec. } & \text { Job No. 6 completed } & \text { G-10 } & & 131,40 & 391,500 \\& & & & 0 & \\\hline \text { Dec. } & \text { Job No. 7 completed } & \text { G-12 } & & 73,800 & 317,700 \\\hline \text { Dec. 31 } & \text { Job No. 8 completed } & \text { G-15 } & & 168,300 & 149,400 \\& & & & & \\ \hline & & & & &\end{array} Fill in the blanks for the following:
(1) The total cost of the direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead applied in the December 31 Work in Process inventory is $________.
(2) The company's overhead application rate is ________%
(3) Job No. 6 had $26,550 of direct labor cost. Therefore, the job must have had $________ of direct materials cost.
(4) Job No. 8 had $73,998 of direct materials cost. Therefore, the job must have had $________ of factory overhead cost.

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(1) $149,400 (ending balance of account)...

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