XYZ Ltd. is a manufacturing company that follows the cost allocation approach for overhead allocation. The company uses three cost pools for allocating overhead costs: Material Handling, Machine Maintenance, and Factory Utilities. Each cost pool has its own cost driver. For the current accounting period, the company incurred the following costs and activity levels:   Material Handling Costs: $150,000 Cost Driver: Number of Material Orders - 2,500 orders   Machine Maintenance Costs: $250,000 Cost Driver: Machine Hours - 10,000 hours   Factory Utilities Costs: $200,000 Cost Driver: Direct Labor Hours - 5,000 hours   Calculate the overhead allocation rate for each cost pool based on the given information.   A) Material Handling: $60 per order, Machine Maintenance: $25 per hour, Factory Utilities: $40 per direct labor hour.   B) Material Handling: $30 per order, Machine Maintenance: $25 per hour, Factory Utilities: $40 per direct labor hour.   C) Material Handling: $60 per order, Machine Maintenance: $40 per hour, Factory Utilities: $25 per direct labor hour.   D) Material Handling: $30 per order, Machine Maintenance: $40 per hour, Factory Utilities: $25 per direct labor hour.

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XYZ Ltd. is a manufacturing company that follows the cost allocation approach for overhead allocation. The company uses three cost pools for allocating overhead costs: Material Handling, Machine Maintenance, and Factory Utilities. Each cost pool has its own cost driver. For the current accounting period, the company incurred the following costs and activity levels:

 

Material Handling Costs: $150,000

Cost Driver: Number of Material Orders - 2,500 orders

 

Machine Maintenance Costs: $250,000

Cost Driver: Machine Hours - 10,000 hours

 

Factory Utilities Costs: $200,000

Cost Driver: Direct Labor Hours - 5,000 hours

 

Calculate the overhead allocation rate for each cost pool based on the given information.

 

A) Material Handling: $60 per order, Machine Maintenance: $25 per hour, Factory Utilities: $40 per direct labor hour.

 

B) Material Handling: $30 per order, Machine Maintenance: $25 per hour, Factory Utilities: $40 per direct labor hour.

 

C) Material Handling: $60 per order, Machine Maintenance: $40 per hour, Factory Utilities: $25 per direct labor hour.

 

D) Material Handling: $30 per order, Machine Maintenance: $40 per hour, Factory Utilities: $25 per direct labor hour.

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