Hickory Company manufactures two products13,000 units of Product Y and 5,000 units of Product Z....

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Hickory Company manufactures two products13,000 units of Product Y and 5,000 units of Product Z. The company uses a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. It is considering implementing an activity-based costing (ABC) system that allocates all $813,600 of its manufacturing overhead to four cost pools. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Products Y and Z:

Activity Cost Pool Activity Measure Estimated Overhead Cost Expected Activity
Machining Machine-hours $ 249,600 12,000 MHs
Machine setups Number of setups $ 162,400 280 setups
Product design Number of products $ 92,000 2 products
General factory Direct labor-hours $ 309,600 14,400 DLHs

Activity Measure Product Y Product Z
Machine-hours 7,800 4,200
Number of setups 40 240
Number of products 1 1
Direct labor-hours 8,800 5,600

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11. Using the plantwide overhead rate, what percentage of the total overhead cost is allocated to Product Y and Product Z? (Round your "Percentage" answers to 2 decimal place.)

12. Using the ABC system, what percentage of the Machining costs is assigned to Product Y and Product Z? (Round your "Percentage" answers to 2 decimal places.)

13. Using the ABC system, what percentage of Machine Setups cost is assigned to Product Y and Product Z? (Round your "Percentage" answers to 2 decimal places.)

14. Using the ABC system, what percentage of the Product Design cost is assigned to Product Y and Product Z?

15. Using the ABC system, what percentage of the General Factory cost is assigned to Product Y and Product Z? (Round your "Percentage" answers to 2 decimal place.)

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