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At the beginning of 2010,Zuir Company's accounting department calculated the following estimates for the coming year's production:
During the year,Zuir Company experienced $440,000 in actual overhead costs and actually worked 9,100 direct labor hours.Zuir applies overhead to production using a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours.
a. Calculate the predetermined overhead rate Zuir uses to apply overhead. (Show your computations.)
b. By what amount was overhead over- or underapplied for 2010? (Show your computations.)
c. Assuming the amount of over- or underapplied overhead is not significant, will the Cost of Goods Sold account be increased or decreased to correct the application of overhead?
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