Pinter Company had the following environmental activities and product information: 1. Environmental activity costs Activity Costs Design products (to reduce...

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  1. Pinter Company had the following environmental activities andproduct information:

    1. Environmental activity costs

    ActivityCosts
    Design products (to reduce pollution)$ 118,800     
    Test for contamination211,200     
    Treat toxic waste660,000     
    Operate pollution control equipment528,000     

    2. Driver data

    Solvent XSolvent Y
    Design hours2,600          4,000          
    Testing hours4,700          12,900          
    Pounds of waste500          21,500          
    Machine hours2,600          85,400          

    3. Other production data

    Solvent XSolvent Y
    Nonenvironmental production costs$3,080,000     $6,028,000     
    Units produced440,000     440,000     

    Required:

    1. Calculate the activity rates that will beused to assign environmental costs to products.

    Design products$per design hour
    Testing$per test hour
    Treating waste$per pound of waste
    Operating equipment$per machine hour

    2. Determine the unit environmental and unitcosts of each product using ABC. If required, round your answers tothe nearest cent.

    ActivitiesSolvent XSolvent Y
    Unit environmental cost$$
    Unit cost$$

    3. What if the designcosts increased to $208,800 and the cost of toxic waste decreasedto $330,000? Assume that Solvent Y uses 8,000 out of 16,000 designhours. Also assume that waste is cut by 50 percent and that SolventY is responsible for 6,270 of 6,600 pounds of toxic waste. What isthe new environmental cost for Solvent Y? If required, round yourintermediate calculations and answer to the nearest cent.
    $ per unit

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1Activity rates Activity costs Total costs Total activity per activity rate Designing costs 118800 6600 18 per design hr Testing costs 211200 17600 12 per testing hr Treating waste 660000 22000 30 per pound of waste    See Answer
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