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Single plantwide factory overhead rate

Scrumptious Snacks Inc. manufactures three types of snack foods: tortilla chips, potato chips, and pretzels. The company has budgeted the following costs for the upcoming period:

Line Item Description	Amount
Factory depreciation	$30,062
Indirect labor	74,501
Factory electricity	8,496
Indirect materials	17,645
Selling expenses	41,825
Administrative expenses	23,527
Total costs	$196,056

Factory overhead is allocated to the three products on the basis of processing hours. The products had the following production budget and processing hours per case:

Types of Snacks	Budgeted Volume (Cases)	Processing Hours per Case
Tortilla chips	6,000	0.15
Potato chips	5,700	0.10
Pretzels	7,200	0.12
Total	18,900

If required, round all per-case answers to the nearest cent.

a. Determine the single plantwide factory overhead rate. fill in the blank 1 of 1$ per processing hour

b. Use the overhead rate in (a) to determine the amount of total and per-case overhead allocated to each of the three products under generally accepted accounting principles.

Types of Snacks	Total Factory Overhead	Per Unit Factory Overhead Case
Tortilla chips	fill in the blank 1 of 7$	fill in the blank 2 of 7$
Potato chips	fill in the blank 3 of 7	fill in the blank 4 of 7
Pretzels	fill in the blank 5 of 7	fill in the blank 6 of 7
Total	fill in the blank 7 of 7$

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