"Don't tell me we've lost another bid!" exclaimed Sandy Kovallas, president of Lenko Products, Inc. "I'm afraid so," replied Doug Martin, the operations vice president. "One of our competitors underbid us by about $10,100 on the Hastings job." "I just cant figure it out," said Kovallas. "It seems were either too high to get the job or too low to make any money on half the jobs we bid anymore. Whats happened?"

Lenko Products manufactures specialized goods to customers' specifications and operates a job-order costing system. Manufacturing overhead cost is applied to jobs on the basis of direct labor cost. The following estimates were made at the beginning of the year:

	Department
	Cutting				Machining				Assembly				Total Plant
Direct labor	$	311,000			$	209,000			$	405,000			$	925,000
Manufacturing overhead	$	525,000			$	871,000			$	84,000			$	1,480,000

Jobs require varying amounts of work in the three departments. The Hastings job, for example, would have required manufacturing costs in the three departments as follows:

	Department
	Cutting				Machining				Assembly				Total Plant
Direct materials	$	12,000			$	800			$	5,500			$	18,300
Direct labor	$	6,500			$	1,800			$	13,000			$	21,300
Manufacturing overhead		?				?				?				?

The company uses a plantwide overhead rate to apply manufacturing overhead cost to jobs.

Required:

1. Assuming the use of a plantwide overhead rate:

a. Compute the rate for the current year.

b. Determine the amount of manufacturing overhead cost that would have been applied to the Hastings job.