Crows Nest Manufacturing uses departmental cost driver rates to apply manufacturing overhead costs to products.Manufacturing overhead costs are applied on the basis of machine-hours in the Machining Department and on the basis of direct labour-hours in the Assembly Department.At the beginning of 2013,the following estimates were provided for the coming year:

\begin{array} { l l l } & \text { Machining } & \text { Assembly } \\\text { Direct labour-hours } & 10000 \mathrm { dlh } & 90000 \mathrm { dlh } \\\text { Machine-hours } & 100000 \mathrm { mh } & 5000 \mathrm { mh } \\\text { Direct labour cost } & \$ 80000& \$ 720000 \\\text { Manufacturing overhead costs } & \$ 250000 & \$ 360000\end{array}

The accounting records of the company show the following data for Job #846:

\begin{array} { l l l } & \text { Machining } & \text { Assembly } \\\text { Direct labour-hours } & 100 \mathrm { dlh } &170 \mathrm { dlh } & \\\text { Machine-hours } & 270 \mathrm { mh } &30 \mathrm { mh } & \\\text { Direct material cost } & \$ 3700 & \$ 2600 \\\text { Direct labour cost } & \$ 800 & \$ 1900\end{array}

Required:
a.Compute the manufacturing overhead allocation rate for each department.
b.Compute the total cost of Job #846.
c.Provide possible reasons why Crows Nest Manufacturing uses two different cost-allocation rates.
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