Northwest Company produces two types of glass shelving, rounded edge and squared edge, on the...

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Northwest Company produces two types of glass shelving, rounded edge and squared edge, on the same production line. For the current period, the company reports the following data. (Round activity rate and cost per foot answers to 2 decimal places.)

Rounded Edge Squared Edge Total
Direct materials $ 9,700 $ 21,700 $ 31,400
Direct labor 6,100 12,000 18,100
Overhead (300% of direct labor cost) 18,300 36,000 54,300
Total cost $ 34,100 $ 69,700 $ 103,800
Quantity produced 10,500 ft. 14,200 ft.
Average cost per ft. (rounded) $ 3.25 $ 4.91

Northwest's controller wishes to apply activity-based costing (ABC) to allocate the $54,300 of overhead costs incurred by the two product lines to see whether cost per foot would change markedly from that reported above. She has collected the following information.

Overhead Cost Category (Activity Cost Pool) Cost
Supervision $ 2,172
Depreciation of machinery 29,000
Assembly line preparation 23,128
Total overhead $ 54,300

She has also collected the following information about the cost drivers for each category (cost pool) and the amount of each driver used by the two product lines.

Usage
Overhead Cost Category (Activity Cost Pool) Driver Rounded Edge Squared Edge Total
Supervision Direct labor cost ($) $ 6,100 $ 12,000 $ 18,100
Depreciation of machinery Machine hours 400 hours 800 hours 1,200 hours
Assembly line preparation Setups (number) 31 times 95 times 126 times

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