Blue Ridge Marketing Inc. manufactures two products, A and B. Presently, the company uses a...

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Blue Ridge Marketing Inc. manufactures two products, A and B. Presently, the company uses a single plantwide factory overhead rate for allocating overhead to products. However, management is considering moving to a multiple department rate system for allocating overhead. The following table presents information about estimated overhead and direct labor hours.

Overhead Direct Labor Hours (dlh) Product
A B
Painting Dept. $411,768 12,900 dlh 15 dlh 2 dlh
Finishing Dept. 79,317 6,300 7 17
Totals $491,085 19,200 dlh 22 dlh 19 dlh

Determine the overhead from both production departments allocated to each unit of Product B if Blue Ridge Marketing Inc. uses a multiple department rate system.

a.$31.92 per unit

b.$12.59 per unit

c.$277.87 per unit

d.$566.93 per unit

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