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Acton Company has two products: A and B. The annual production and sales of Product A are 800 units and of Product B are 500 units. The company has traditionally used direct labour-hours as the basis for applying all manufacturing overhead to products. Product A requires 0.3 direct labour-hours per unit and Product B requires 0.2 direct labour-hours per unit. The total estimated overhead for next period is $92,023.

The company is considering switching to an activity-based costing system for the purpose of computing unit product costs for external reports. The new activity-based costing system would have three overhead activity cost poolsActivity 1, Activity 2, and General Factorywith estimated overhead costs and expected activity as follows:

Activity Expected Activity
Cost Pool Estimated Overhead Costs Product A Product B Total
Activity 1 $14,487 500 600 1,100
Activity 2 $64,800 2,500 500 3,000
General Factory $12,736 240 100 340
Total $92,023

(Note: The General Factory activity cost pool's costs are allocated based on direct labour-hours.)
Required
Calculate the predetermined overhead rate per DLH under the traditional costing system.
Calculate the overhead cost per unit of Product B under the traditional costing system
Calculate the predetermined overhead rate (i.e., activity rate) for Activity 1 under the activity-based costing system.

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