Falmouth pools manufactures swimming pool equipment. falmouth estimates total manufacturing overhead costs next year to be $ 1 comma 200 comma 000. falmouth also estimates it will use 37 comma 500 direct labor hours and incur $ 750 comma 000 of direct labor cost next year. in addition, the machines are expected to be run for 25 comma 000 hours. compute the predetermined manufacturing overhead rate for next year under the following independent situations:
1. assume that the company uses direct labor hours as its manufacturing overhead allocation base.
2. assume that the company uses direct labor cost as its manufacturing overhead allocation base.
3. assume that the company uses machine hours as its manufacturing overhead allocation base

Read the overview below and complete the activities that follow. apartment complexes often look for ways to recruit new tenants and retain current tenants. although apartment complexes offer the tangible benefit of shelter to their tenants, many apartment complexes also offer additional services to tenants to encourage tenants to stay or to support the rent prices. the following scenario identifies the several service gaps of a company that runs an apartment complex as well as solutions for reducing these service gaps. concept review: customers have certain expectations about how a service should be delivered. a service gap occurs when the delivery of a service fails to meet customer expectations. there are four types of service gaps: knowledge gap, standards gap, delivery gap, and the communications gap. it is important for marketers to identify these gaps and develop strategies for minimizing them. match the example or solution to the appropriate service gap category.1. wait for repairs 5. train employees well2. understand expectations 6. incentives for tenants3. do not overpromise 7. family movie night4. empower employees 8. delayed lawn careservice gap example solutionknowledge gap standards gap delivery gap communication gap