Petty Corporation has two production departments, Milling and Finishing. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The Milling Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Finishing Department's predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the current year, the company had made the following estimates: MillingFinishingMachine-hours 20,000 14,000Direct labor-hours 2,000 8,000Total fixed manufacturing overhead cost$148,000$88,000Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour$1.90  Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour  $3.60The predetermined overhead rate for the Finishing Department is closest to:

A. $5.84 per direct labor-hour
B. $14.60 per direct labor-hour
C. $11.00 per direct labor-hour
D. $3.60 per direct labor-hour


Answer: B

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