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Snowden Industries produces two electronic decoders, P and Q. Decoder P is more sophisticated and requires more programming and testing than does Decoder Q. Because of these product differences, the company wants to use activity-based costing to allocate overhead costs. It has identified four activity pools. Relevant information follows:

Activity Pools	Cost Pool Total			Cost Driver
Repair and maintenance on assembly machine	$	122,400		Number of units produced
Programming cost		171,600		Number of programming hours
Software inspections		13,000		Number of inspections
Product testing		17,000		Number of tests
Total overhead cost	$	324,000

Expected activity for each product follows:

	Number of Units			Number of Programming Hours			Number of Inspections			Number of Tests
Decoder P		20,400			1,900			304			1,400
Decoder Q		47,600			1,400			96			1,100
Total		68,000			3,300			400			2,500

Assume that before shifting to activity-based costing, Snowden Industries allocated all overhead costs based on direct labor hours. Direct labor data pertaining to the two decoders follow:

	Direct Labor Hours
Decoder P		7,200
Decoder Q		16,800
Total		24,000

Required

1. Compute the amount of overhead cost allocated to each type of decoder when using direct labor hours as the allocation base.

2. Determine the cost per unit for overhead when using direct labor hours as the allocation base and when using ABC.

Compute the amount of overhead cost allocated to each type of decoder when using direct labor hours as the allocation base. (Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places. Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

	Allocated Cost Decoder P Decoder Q Total $0

Determine the cost per unit for overhead when using direct labor hours as the allocation base and when using ABC. (Round intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.)

	Cost per unit Method Decoder P Decoder Q ABC Labor hours

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