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$4.$ Change the estimated amount of the allocation base back to $45,000$ machine$-$hours, so the data area of you worksheet looks exactly the same as in Requirement $2.$ Now change the actual manufacturing overhead cost from $$174,800$ to $$172,200.$ The data area of your worksheet should now look like this:

$\backslash$table$[[,$A$,,$B$,$C$],[1,$Chapter $3$: Applying Excel,,,$],[2,,,,],[3,$Data,,,$],[4,$Allocation base,Machine$-$hours,$],[5,$Estimated manufacturing overhead cost,$$,193,500,],[6,$Estimated total amount of the allocation base,,$45,000,$machine$-$hours$],[7,$Actual manufacturing overhead cost,$$,172,200,],[8,$Actual total amount of the allocation base,,$41,000,$machine hours$]]$

$($a$)$ By how much is the manufacturing overhead underapplied or overapplied?

$($b$)$ Why is the underapplied $($overapplied$)$ manufacturing overhead different from Requirement $2$ above?

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By how much is the manufacturing overhead underapplied or overapplied?

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