Godiva company has two products, A and B. The company uses activity-based costing to allocate overhead costs of $100,000. Data relating to the company's activity pools for the current year are given below: 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:   $500   $2,000   $400   $140

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Godiva company has two products, A and B. The company uses activity-based costing to allocate overhead costs of $100,000. Data relating to the company's activity pools for the current year are given below:

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:

 
  1. $500

     
  2. $2,000

     
  3. $400

     
  4. $140

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