Rusties Company recently implemented an activity based costing system. At the beginning of the year, management made the following estimates of cost and activity in the company’s five activity cost pools:

Activity Cost Pool Activity Measure Expected
Overhead
Cost
Expected Activity
Labor related Direct labor hours $ 18,000 2,000 DLHs
Purchase orders Number of orders $ 1,050 525 orders
Product testing Number of tests $ 3,500 350 tests
Template etching Number of templates $ 700 28 templates
General factory Machine hours $ 50,000 10,000 MHs

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Required:

1.

Compute the activity rate for each of the activity cost pools.

Activity Cost Pool Activity Rate
Labor related $ per DLH
Purchase orders $ per order
Product testing $ per test
Template etching $ per template
General factory $ per MH

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2.

The expected activity for the year was distributed among the company’s four products as follows:

Activity Cost Pool Expected Activity

Product A Product B Product C Product D
Labor related (DLHs) 500 100 700 700
Purchase orders (orders) 80 105 180 160
Product testing (tests) 200 60 0 90
Template etching (templates) 0 14 10 4
General factory (MHs) 3,400 2,200 1,800 2,600

Using the ABC data, determine the total amount of overhead cost assigned to each product.

Total
Overhead Cost
Product A $
Product B $
Product C $
Product D $