Compute the activity rate for each activity


Direct
Labor-Hours per Unit Annual
Production
Rims 0.80 13,000 units
Posts 0.40 42,000 units

Additional information about the company follows:
a. Rims require $20 in direct materials per unit, and Posts require $18.
b. The direct labor wage rate is $15 per hour.
c. Rims are more complex to manufacture than Posts, and they require special equipment.
d. The ABC system has the following activity cost pools:

Estimated Activity
Activity Cost Pool (and activity measure) Overhead Cost Rims Posts Total
Machine setups (number of setups) $ 27,720 110 88 198
Special processing (machine-hours) $ 157,500 4,500 0 4,500
General factory (direct labor-hours) $ 272,000 10,400 16,800 27,200

Required:
1. Compute the activity rate for each activity cost pool. (Omit the "tiny_mce_markerquot; sign in your response.)

Activity Cost Pool Activity Rate
Machine setups $ per setup
Special processing $ per MH
General factory $ per DLH

2.Determine the unit cost of each product according to the ABC system. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "tiny_mce_markerquot; sign in your response.)

Rims Posts
Direct materials $ $
Direct labor
Overhead

Unit cost $ $

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