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Godiva company has two products, A and B. The company uses activity-based costing to allocate
Cost Pool Total cost in Total Number of Activity Measures Used Cost Pool Product A Product B Total Activity 1 $42,000 100 200 300 Activity 2 $10,000 20 5 25 Activity 3 $48,000 3,000 3,000 6,000
Compute the activity rate (allocation rate) for Activity 2:
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$500
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$2,000
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$400
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$140
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