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The pool rate is defined as the cost per unit of the cost driver for a particular activity cost pool.
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The following information pertains to the three product lines for next year:
Assume that Rocket is using a volume-based costing system, and the preceding overhead costs are applied to all products on the basis of direct labor hours. The overhead cost that would be assigned to the Standard product line is closest to:
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Rocket Products manufactures three types of remote-control devices: Economy, Standard, and Deluxe. The company, which uses activity-based costing, has identified five activities (and related cost drivers). Each activity, its budgeted cost, and related cost driver is identified below.
Activity | Cost | Cost Driver | ||
Material handling | $ | 225,000 | Number of parts | |
Material insertion | 2,475,000 | Number of parts | ||
Automated machinery | 840,000 | Machine hours | ||
Finishing | 170,000 | Direct labor hours | ||
Packaging | 170,000 | Orders shipped | ||
Total | $ | 3,880,000 |
Economy | Standard | Deluxe | |||||||||
Units to be produced | 10,000 | 5,000 | 2,000 | ||||||||
Orders to be shipped | 1,000 | 500 | 200 | ||||||||
Number of parts per unit | 10 | 15 | 25 | ||||||||
Machine hours per unit | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
Labor hours per unit | 2 | 2 | 2 |
$1,141,176.
$456,471.
$646,471.
$961,176.
None of the answers is correct.
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