In December 2016, Learer Company's manager estimated next year's total direct labor cost assuming 50 persons working an average of 2,500 hours each at an average wage rate of $20 per hour. The manager also estimated the following manufacturing overhead costs for 2017 Indirect labor Factory supervision Rent on factory building Factory utilities Factory insurance expired Depreciation-Factory equipment 494, 000 Repairs expense-Factory equipment Factory supplies used Miscellaneous production costs 50,000 Total estimated overhead costs $1,500, 000 $ 333, 200 128,000 154, 000 102,000 82, 000 74,000 82,800 At the end of 2017, records show the company incurred $1,600,000 of actual overhead costs. It completed and sold five jobs with the following direct labor costs: Job 201, $618,000, Job 202, $577,000; Job 203, $312,000; Job 204, $730,000, and Job 205, $328,000. In addition, Job 206 is in process at the end of 2017 and had been charged $31,000 for direct labor. No jobs were in process at the end of 2016. The company's predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor cost. Required
1-a. Determine the predetermined overhead rate for 2017
1-b. Determine the total overhead cost applied to each of the six jobs during 2017
1-c. Determine the over- or underapplied overhead at year-end 2017

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