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Durban Metal Products, Ltd., of the Republic of South Africa makes specialty metal parts used in applications ranging from the cutting edges of bulldozer blades to replacement parts for Land Rovers. The company uses an activity-based costing system for internal decision-making purposes. The company has four activity cost pools as listed below:

Activity Cost Pool	Activity Measure	Activity Rate
Order size	Number of direct labor-hours	$	17.50	per direct labor-hour
Customer orders	Number of customer orders	$	369.00	per customer order
Product testing	Number of testing hours	$	80.00	per testing hour
Selling	Number of sales calls	$	1,500.00	per sales call

The managing director of the company would like information concerning the cost of a recently completed order for heavy-duty trailer axles. The order required 150 direct labor-hours, 16 hours of product testing, and 3 sales calls.

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What is the total overhead cost assigned to the order for heavy-duty trailer axles?

Durban Metal Products, Ltd., of the Republic of South Africa makes specialty metal parts used in applications ranging from the cutting edges of bulldozer blades to replacement parts for Land Rovers. The company uses an activity-based costing system for internal decision-making purposes. The company has four activity cost pools as listed below: Activity Cost Pool Order size Customer orders Product testing Selling Activity Measure Number of direct labor-hours Number of customer orders Number of testing hours Number of sales calls Activity Rate $ 17.50 per direct labor-hour $ 369.00 per customer order $ 80.00 per testing hour $1,500.00 per sales call The managing director of the company would like information concerning the cost of a recently completed order for heavy-duty trailer axles. The order required 150 direct labor-hours, 16 hours of product testing, and 3 sales calls. Required: What is the total overhead cost assigned to the order for heavy-duty trailer axles? ABC Cost Activity Cost Pool Order size Customer orders Product testing Selling Total overhead cost $ 0

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