Technics Inc., a manufacturing company, utilizes job order costing.Each division establishes its own estimates regarding overhead, which are as follows:
Required:
If Division A allocates overhead on the basis of machine hours, and Division B allocates overhead as a percentage of direct labor costs, what would the predetermined overhead rate be for each division?

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Technics Inc., a manufacturing company, utilizes job order costing.Each division establishes its own estimates regarding overhead, which are as follows:
  Required:
If Division A allocates overhead on the basis of machine hours, and Division B allocates overhead as a percentage of direct labor costs, what would the predetermined overhead rate be for each division?

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The Answer of Technics Inc., a manufacturing company, utilizes job order costing.Each division establishes its own estimates regarding overhead, which are as follows:
  Required:
If Division A allocates overhead on the basis of machine hours, and Division B allocates overhead as a percentage of direct labor costs, what would the predetermined overhead rate be for each division?