Chang Manufacturing Corporation has a traditional costing system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to...

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Chang Manufacturing Corporation has a traditional costing system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to its products using a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours (DLHs). The company has two products, Plain and Fancy, about which it has provided the following data:
Plain Fancy
Direct materials per unit $ 25.90 $ 60.70
Direct labor per unit $ 4.30 $ 21.50
Direct labor-hours per unit 0.201.00
Annual production 40,00025,000
The company's estimated total manufacturing overhead for the year is $1,230,900 and the company's estimated total direct labor-hours for the year is 33,000.
The company is considering using a variation of activity-based costing to determine its unit product costs for external reports. Data for this proposed activity-based costing system appear below:
Activities and Activity Measures Estimated Overhead Cost
Supporting direct labor (DLHs) $ 528,000
Setting up machines (setups)257,700
Parts administration (part types)445,200
Total $ 1,230,900
Expected Activity
Plain Fancy Total
DLHs 8,00025,00033,000
Setups 1,6569212,577
Part types 6803801,060
The manufacturing overhead that would be applied to a unit of product Fancy under the activity-based costing system is closest to:
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$7.46.
$37.30.
$65.80.
$26.07.

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