Factory Overhead Rates, Entries, and Account Balance

Eclipse Solar Company operates two factories. The company applies factory overhead to jobs on the basis of machine hours in Factory 1 and on the basis of direct labor hours in Factory 2. Estimated factory overhead costs, direct labor hours, and machine hours are as follows:

		Factory 1		Factory 2
Estimated factory overhead cost for fiscal
	year beginning August 1	$605,540		$870,400
Estimated direct labor hours for year				13,600
Estimated machine hours for year		23,290
Actual factory overhead costs for August		$48,500		$74,960
Actual direct labor hours for August				1,220
Actual machine hours for August		1,820

a. Determine the factory overhead rate for Factory 1. $ per machine hour

b. Determine the factory overhead rate for Factory 2. $ per direct labor hour

c. Journalize the entries to apply factory overhead to production in each factory for August. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

Factory 1
Factory 2

d. Determine the balances of the factory overhead accounts for each factory as of August 31, and indicate whether the amounts represent overapplied factory overhead or underapplied factory overhead.

Factory 1
Factory 2