Trust company applies overhead based on direct labor hours. at the beginning of the year, trust estimates overhead to be $700,000, machine hours to be 200,000, and direct labor hours to be 35,000. during february, trust has 5,000 direct labor hours and 10,000 machine hours. what is the amount of overhead applied for february? (a) $22,000 (b) $124,000 (c) $100,000 (d) $69,500 (e) $185,200

Wo firms, a and b, each currently dump 50 tons of chemicals into the local river. the government has decided to reduce the pollution and from now on will require a pollution permit for each ton of pollution dumped into the river. it costs firm a $100 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river, and it costs firm b $50 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river. the government gives each firm 20 pollution permits. government officials are not sure whether to allow the firms to buy or sell the pollution permits to each other. what is the total cost of reducing pollution if firms are not allowed to buy and sell pollution permits from each other? what is the total cost of reducing pollution if the firms are allowed to buy and sell permits from each other? a. $3,000; $1,500 b. $4,500; $3,500 c. $4,500; $4,000 d. $4,500; $2,500