Kingsport Containers Company makes a single product with 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 Second $ 100,000 80,000 206,000 Third 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? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round the "Unit product cost" to 2 decimal places. Unit product cost Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Direct materials Direct labor Manufacturing overhead Total manufacturing costs (a) Number of units to be produced (b) Estimated unit product cost (a) (b) First $ 200,000 160,000 230,000 $590,000 120,000 $ 4.92 $ 386,000 60,000 $ 6.43 $ 50,000 40,000 194,000 $ 284,000 30,000 $ 9.47 Fourth $ 150,000 120,000 ? $ ? 90,000 $ ? Management finds the variation in quarterly unit product costs to be confusing. Accordingly, you have been asked to find a more appropriate way of applying 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 What is causing the estimated unit product cost to fluctuate from one quarter to the next? The as production portion of the manufacturing overhead cost causing the estimated unit product cost to fluctuate. The unit product cost because the 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. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. Unit product cost 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