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Data table used: est. = estimated) nber of prescriptions is used? (Round your nber of prescriptions is used? (Round your Cnet nonl Data table (Click the icon to view the pharmacy or Dover Pharmacy, part of a large chain of pharmacies, fills a variety of prescriptions for customers. The complexity of prescriptions filled by Dover varies widely; pharmacists can spend between five minutes and six hours on a prescription order. Traditionally, the pharmacy has allocated its overhead based on the number of prescriptions. The pharmacy chain's controller is exploring whether activity-based costing (ABC) may better allocate the pharmacy overhead costs to pharmacy orders. The controller has gathered the following information: (Click the icon to view the expected usage and costs.) The clerk for Dover has gathered the following information regarding two recent pharmacy orders: (Click the icon to view the pharmacy order data.) First identify the formula used to compute the traditional overhead rate, then compute the rate. (Round your answer to the nearest cent. Abbreviations used: est. = estimated) Est.totalpharmacyoverheadEst.numberofprescriptions=Traditionaloverheadrate= Requirement 2. How much pharmacy overhead would be allocated to customer order number 1247 if traditional overhead allocation based on the number of prescriptions is used? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.) The overhead allocated to customer order number 1247 if traditional overhead allocation is used is Requirement 3. How much pharmacy overhead would be allocated to customer order number 1248 if traditional overhead allocation based on the number of prescriptions is used? (Round your answers to the nearest cent.) The overhead allocated to customer order number 1248 if traditional overhead allocation is used is Requirement 4. What are the cost pool allocation rates? Calculate the cost pool allocation rate for each activity. First determine the formula to compute the allocation rate in an activity-based costing system, then compute the rate for each cost pool. (Round your answers to the nearest cent. Abbreviations used: est. = estimated, Ins. = insurance, Pharm. = Pharmacy, PH= pharmacist hour, presc. = prescription, TH= technician hour) Cost pool

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