Western Company allocates $10.00 overhead to products based on the number of machine hours used. The company uses a plantwide overhead rate with machine hours as the allocation base. Given the amounts below, how many machine hours does the company expect in department 2?

Estimated:	Department 1	Department 2
Manufacturing overhead costs	$255,000	$155,000
Direct labor hours	8,500 DLH	17,000 DLH
Machine hours	15,500 MH	? MH

Multiple Choice

• 141,050 MH

• 84,550 MH

• 25,500 MH

• 34,000 MH

• 90,500 MH