Question

At the beginning of the year, Crane Company estimates annual overhead costs to be $2400000 and that 400000 machine hours will be operated. Using machine hours as a base, the amount of overhead applied during the year if actual machine hours for the year was 375000 hours is

Answer 1

the amount of overhead applied during the year is $2,250,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the overhead applied is shown below;

= Estimated annual overhead ÷ machine hours × actual machine hours

= $2,400,000 ÷ 400,000 machine hours × 375,000 hours

= $2,250,000

hence, the amount of overhead applied during the year is $2,250,000