Compute the activity rate for each of the activity cost pools.Activity Cost PoolPurchase ordersRework requestsProduct testingMachine-related3.a.DeluxeRegularAssume that actual activity is as expected for the year. Using activity-basedcosting, do the following:$ per order$ per requestDetermine the total amount of overhead that would be assigned to each modelfor the year.Deluxe$ per testRegular$ per MHTotal amountof overheadActivity RateSSb. Compute the unit product cost for one unit of each model. (Round your finalanswers to 2 decimal places.)Unit productcostSS An intern suggested that the company use activity-based costing to cost itsproducts. A team was formed to investigate this idea. It came back with therecommendation that four activity cost pools be used. These cost pools and theirassociated activities are listed as follows:Activity Cost Pooland ActivityMeasurePurchase orders(number oforders)Rework requests(number ofrequests)Product testing(number of tests)Machine related(machine-hours)SSEstimatedOverheadCost60,000280,000Expected ActivityDeluxe Regular Total3,080,0005001,000 1,500800 2,000 2,800240,000 7,000 3,000 10,0002,500,000 4,5008,000 12,500

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An intern suggested that the company use activity-based costing to cost its products. A team was formed to investigate this idea. It came back with the recommendation that four activity cost pools be used. These cost pools and their associated activities are listed as follows: Activity Cost Pool and Activity Measure Purchase orders (number of orders) Rework requests (number of requests) Product testing (number of tests) Machine related (machine-hours) S S Estimated Overhead Cost 280,000 Expected Activity 60,000 500 1,000 1,500 Deluxe Regular Total 3.080.000 800 2,000 2,800 240,000 7,000 3,000 10,000 2,500,000 4,500 8,000 12,500

An intern suggested that the company use activity-based costing to cost its products. A team was formed to investigate this idea. It came back with the recommendation that four activity cost pools be used. These cost pools and their associated activities are listed as follows: Activity Cost Pool and Activity Measure Purchase orders (number of orders) Rework requests (number of requests) Product testing (number of tests) Machine related (machine-hours) S S Estimated Overhead Cost 280,000 Expected Activity 60,000 500 1,000 1,500 Deluxe Regular Total 3.080.000 800 2,000 2,800 240,000 7,000 3,000 10,000 2,500,000 4,500 8,000 12,500

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