Forecast demand for Cone next year. Assume all competitors maintain their policies towards R&D, pricing, and marketing budgets so that all products will maintain their relative competitive positions as of year end. You expect the Cone product's demand to be somewhere between (in 000's): Select: 11,720 and 2,188 Units1,251 and 1,719 Units2,189 and 2,657 UnitsIf nothing changes, the demand will remain the same as last year.

Speedy auto repairs uses a job-order costing system. the company’s direct materials consist of replacement parts installed in customer vehicles, and its direct labor consists of the mechanics’ hourly wages. speedy’s overhead costs include various items, such as the shop manager’s salary, depreciation of equipment, utilities, insurance, and magazine subscriptions and refreshments for the waiting room. the company applies all of its overhead costs to jobs based on direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it made the following estimates: direct labor-hours required to support estimated output 20,000 fixed overhead cost $ 350,000 variable overhead cost per direct labor-hour $ 1.00 required: 1. compute the predetermined overhead rate. 2. during the year, mr. wilkes brought in his vehicle to replace his brakes, spark plugs, and tires. the following information was available with respect to his job: direct materials $ 590 direct labor cost $ 109 direct labor-hours used 6