Manzeck Company operates a snow-removal service. The company owns five trucks, each of which has...

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Manzeck Company operates a snow-removal service. The company owns five trucks, each of which has a snow plow in the front to plow driveways and a snowthrower in the back to clear sidewalks. Because plowing snow is very tough on trucks, the company incurs significant maintenance costs. Truck depreciation and maintenance represents a significant portion of the companys overhead. The company removes snow at residential locations, in which case the drivers spend the bulk of their time walking behind the snowthrower machine to clear sidewalks. On commercial jobs, the drivers spend most of their time plowing. Manzeck allocates overhead based on labor hours. Total estimated overhead costs for the year are $45,620. Total estimated labor hours are 1,000 hours. The average residential property requires 0.50 hours of labor, while the average commercial property requires 2.50 hours of labor. The following additional information is available.

Activity Cost Pools

Cost Drivers

Estimated Overhead

Estimated Use of Cost Drivers per Activity

Plowing Square yards of surface plowed $39,420 219,000
Snowthrowing Linear feet of sidewalk cleared $6,200 62,000
Determine the predetermined overhead rate under traditional costing. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 12.25.)
Predetermined overhead rate $

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Determine the amount of overhead allocated to the average residential job using traditional costing based on labor hours. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 12.25.)
Amount of overhead allocated $

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Determine the activity-based overhead rates for each cost pool. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 12.25.)

Activity Based Overhead Rate

Plowing $

per square yard
Snowthrowing $

per linear foot

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Determine the amount of overhead allocated to the average residential job using activity-based costing. Assume that the average residential job has 20 square yards of plowing and 60 linear feet of snowthrowing. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 12.50.)
Amount of overhead allocated $

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