High Desert Potteryworks makes a variety of pottery products that it sells to retailers. The company...

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High Desert Potteryworks makes a variety of pottery products that it sells to retailers. The company uses a job-order costing system in which departmental predetermined overhead rates are used to apply manufacturing overhead cost to jobs. The predetermined overhead rate in the Molding Department is based on machine-hours, and the rate in the Painting Department is based on direct labor- hours. At the beginning of the year, the company provided the following estimates: Direct labor-hours Machine-hours Fixed manufacturing overhead cost Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour Department Molding 35,500 89,000 $ 258,100 $ 2.40 Painting 55,100 39,000 $ 528,960 0 0 $ 4.40 Job 205 was started on August 1 and completed on August 10. The company's cost records show the following information concerning the job: Department Direct labor-hours Machine-hours Direct materials Molding 82 370 $ 938 Painting 131 73 $ 1,120 Direct labor cost $ 710 $ 980 Required: 1. Compute the predetermined overhead rates used in the Molding Department and the Painting Department. 2. Compute the total overhead cost applied to Job 205. 3-a. What would be the total manufacturing cost recorded for Job 205? 3-b. If the job contained 33 units, what would be the unit product cost? High Desert Potteryworks makes a variety of pottery products that it sells to retailers. The company uses a job-order costing system in which departmental predetermined overhead rates are used to apply manufacturing overhead cost to jobs. The predetermined overhead rate in the Molding Department is based on machine-hours, and the rate in the Painting Department is based on direct labor- hours. At the beginning of the year, the company provided the following estimates: Direct labor-hours Machine-hours Fixed manufacturing overhead cost Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour Department Molding 35,500 89,000 $ 258,100 $ 2.40 Painting 55,100 39,000 $ 528,960 0 0 $ 4.40 Job 205 was started on August 1 and completed on August 10. The company's cost records show the following information concerning the job: Department Direct labor-hours Machine-hours Direct materials Molding 82 370 $ 938 Painting 131 73 $ 1,120 Direct labor cost $ 710 $ 980 Required: 1. Compute the predetermined overhead rates used in the Molding Department and the Painting Department. 2. Compute the total overhead cost applied to Job 205. 3-a. What would be the total manufacturing cost recorded for Job 205? 3-b. If the job contained 33 units, what would be the unit product cost?