Exerclse $8-4$ Direct Labor Budget $[$LO$8-5]$

The production manager of Rordan Corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year:

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Each unit requires $0\mathrm{.}45$ direct labor$-$hours, and direct laborers are paid $$10\mathrm{.}00$ per hour.

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Prepare the company's direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced.

$2$ Prepare the company's direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. Instead, assume that the company's direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least $3,500$ hours of work each quarter. If the number of required direct labor thours is less than this number, the workers are paid for $3,500$ hours anyway. Any hours worked in excess of $3,500$ hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of $1\mathrm{.}5$ times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

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Prepare the company's direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscel year. Assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. $($Round 'Direct labor time per unit $($hours$)"$ answers to $2$ decimal places,

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