A welding company specializes in custom steel frames and uses job costing to account for its operations. The following information is available as of May 1 for the work-in-process inventory account:
Job#                                               Direct Materials                      Direct Labor                      Man. Overhead                 Total Cost
304                                                        $3,000                                    $1,800                                   $2,520                           $7,320
306                                                        4,000                                       2,100                                     2,940                             9,040
Total Cost                                            7,000                                       3,900                                      5,460                            16,360
Welding Company pays an hourly rate of $15 for direct labor. Manufacturing overhead costsare applied to jobs based on the direct labor hours used. During the month of May, Jacob Welding spends $5,800 to purchase materials and $4,650 for manufacturing overhead. The operations in May are summarized below.
Job#        Material        Requisition summary        Time Card Summary (Hours)
304            $1,100                       40
306            900                            30
307            2,800                         110
308            750                             25
Total          5,550                          205
Jobs 304, 306, 307 are completed in May but only Jobs 304 and 307 are delivered to customers.
Required:
Calculate the predetermined overhead rate used.