Calculate the total overhead costs


The Bridgewater Company recently switched to activity based costing ABC.. The prior method allocated overhead costs at the rate of $200 per machine hour. The manager of Department J has estimated the following cost drivers and rates:

During May, Bridgewater purchased and used $400,000 of direct materials at $40 per ton. There were 32 production runs using a total of 48,000 machine hours in May. The manager of Department J needed 48 inspections

Calculate the total overhead costs that would have been allocated to production using the prior method.

 

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