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Exercise 2A-3 Activity-Based Absorption Costing as an Alternative to Traditional Product Costing [LO2- 5) Stillicum Corporation makes ultra light-weight backpacking tents. Data concerning the company's two product lines appear below. Direct materials per unit Direct labor per unit Direct labor-hours per unit Estimated annual production Deluxe $ 52.00 $ 10.00 DLHS 10,000 units Standard $ 40.00 $ 8.40 1.40 DLHS 50,000 units 0.70 The company has a traditional costing system in which manufacturing overhead is applied to units based on direct labor-hours. Data concerning manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours for the upcoming year appear below: Estimated total manufacturing overhead Estimated total direct labor-hours $ 522,000 77,000 DLHS Required: 1. Determine the unit product costs of the Deluxe and Standard products under the company's traditional costing system 2. The company is considering replacing its traditional costing system with an activity-based absorption costing system that would have the following three activity cost pools: Expected Activity Activity Cost Pools and Activity Measures Supporting direct labor (direct labor hours) Batch setups (setups) Safety testing (test) Estimated Overhead Cost $385,000 84,000 53.000 Deluxe 7,000 200 30 Standard 70,000 100 70 Total 77,000 300 100 Required: 1. Determine the unit product costs of the Deluxe and Standard products under the company's traditional costing system. 2. The company is considering replacing its traditional costing system with an activity based absorption costing system that would have the following three activity cost pools: Expected Activity Estimated Overhead Activity Cost Pools and Activity Measures Cost Deluxe Standard Total Supporting direct labor (direct labor-hours) $385,000 7,000 70,000. 77,000 Batch setups (setups) 84,000 200 100 300 Safety testing (tests) 53,000 30 70 100 Total manufacturing overhead cost $ 522,000 ces Determine the unit product costs of the Deluxe and Standard products under the activity based absorption costing system. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Determine the unit product costs of the Deluxe and Standard products under the activity-based absorption costing system. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.) Deluxe Standard Unit product cost

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