Juda Realtors, a real estate consulting firm, specializes in advising companies on potential new plant sites. The company uses a job order costing system with a predetermined overhead allocation rate, computed as a percentage of direct labor costs. At the beginning of $2024,$ managing partner Jennifer Juda prepared the following budget for the year:

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Read the requirements.

Degin with $($a$)$ nouriy airect lador cost rate.

Now compute Juda Realtors' $($b$)$ predetermined overhead allocation rate.

Requirement $2.$ Compute the predicted cost of the Root Manufacturing job.

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