the problem lies 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 varable manufacturing overhead cost per unit is $0.60, 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 4 Required 2 Required Required 1 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 the intermediate calculations and round the "Unit product cost" to 2 decimal places.) 5.06 Unit product cost Exercise 2-11 Varying Plantwide Predetermined Overhead Rates [LO2-1, LO2-2, LO2-3) Kingsport Conta iners 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 Second Fourth $160,000 8e,000 $40 ,eee $120,0ee 90,000 First Third Direct materials Direct labor Manufacturing overhead Total manufacturing costs (a) $520,000 $356,000 $274,000 Number of units to be produced (b) Estimated unit product cost (a)(b) 120,000 60,000 216,000 30,e00 204.000 240,000 20,000 80,000 40,000 60,000 $ 8.90 $ 13.70 $ 6.50 $ Management finds the variation in quarterly unit product costs to be confusing and difficult to work with. It has been suggested that the problem lies 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 $0.60, what must be the estimated total fixed
