Onslow co. purchased a used machine for $178,000 cash on january 2. on january 3, onslow paid $2,840 to wire electricity to the machine and an additional $1,160 to secure it in place. the machine will be used for six years and have a $14,000 salvage value. straight-line depreciation is used. on december 31, at the end of its fifth year in operations, it is disposed of.
required
1. prepare journal entries to record the machine’s purchase and the costs to ready it for use. cash is paid for all costs incurred.
2. prepare journal entries to record depreciation of the machine at december 31 of (a) its first year of operations and (b) the year of its disposal.
3. prepare journal entries to record the machine’s disposal under each separate situation: (a) it is sold for $15,000 cash; (b) it is sold for $50,000 cash; and (c) it is destroyed in a fire and the insurance company pays $30,000 cash to settle the loss claim.

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows. direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow. fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.