Kingsport Containers Company makes a single product that is subject to wide seasonal variations in demand. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes plantwide predetermined overhead rates on a quarterly basis using the number of units to be produced as the allocation base. Its estimated costs, by quarter, for the coming year are given below: Quarter First Second Third Fourth Direct materials $ 280,000 $ 140,000 $ 70,000 $ 210,000 Direct labor 160,000 80,000 40,000 120,000 Manufacturing overhead 230,000 206,000 194,000 7 Total manufacturing costs (a) $ 670,000 $426,000 $ 304,000 $ ? Number of units to be produced (b) 120,000 60,000 30,000 90,000 Estimated unit product cost (a) + (b) $5.58 $ 7.10 $ 10.13 $? Management finds the variation in quarterly unit product costs to be confusing. It has been suggested that the problem lles with manufacturing overhead because it is the largest element of total manufacturing cost. Accordingly, you have been asked to find a more appropriate way of assigning manufacturing overhead cost to units of product Required: 1. Assuming the estimated variable manufacturing overhead cost per unit is $0.40, what must be the estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead cost per quarter? 2. Assuming the assumptions about cost behavior from the first three quarters hold constant, what is the estimated unit product cost for the fourth quarter? 3. What is causing the estimated unit product cost to fluctuate from one quarter to the next? 4. Assuming the company computes one predetermined overhead rate for the year rather than computing quarterly overhead rates, calculate the unit product cost for all units produced during the year. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Assuming the estimated variable manufacturing overhead cost per unit is $0.40, what must be the estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead cost per quarter? Fixed manufacturing overhead cost Required Required 2 > Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Assuming the assumptions about cost behavior from the first three quarters hold constant, what is the estimated unit product cost for the fourth quarter? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round the "Unit product cost" to 2 decimal places.) Unit product cost (Required 1 Required 3 > Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 What is causing the estimated unit product cost to fluctuate from one quarter to the next? The fixed portion of the manufacturing overhead cost is causing the unit product costs to fluctuato. The unit product cost increases as the level of production decreases because the fixed overhead is spread over fewer units The fixed portion of the manufacturing overhead cost is causing the unit product costs to fluctuate. The unit product cost decreases as the lovel of production decreases because the fixed overhead is spread over fewer units. The variable portion of the manufacturing overhead cost is causing the unit product costs to fluctuato. The unit product cost increases as the lovelo production decreases because the variable overhead is spread over fower units The variable portion of the manufacturing overhead cost is causing the unit product costs to fluctuato. The unit product cost decreases as the love! production decreases because the variable overhead is spread over fewer units Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Assuming the company computes one predetermined overhead rate for the year rather than computing quarterly overhead rates, calculate the unit product cost for all units produced during the year. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round the "unit product cost to 2 decimal places.) Unit product cost
