Mariposa, inc., produces machine tools and currently uses a plantwide overhead rate, based on machine hours. harry whipple, the plant manager, has heard that departmental overhead rates can offer significantly better cost assignments than can a plantwide rate. mariposa has the following data for its two departments for the coming year:
department a department b
overhead costs (expected) $528,000 $132,000
normal activity (machine hours) 110,000 55,000
compute a predetermined overhead rate for the plant as a whole based on machine hours.
compute predetermined overhead rates for each department using machine hours.

answer may be d i think

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1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know

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