The controller for Washington Co. established the following overhead cost pools and cost drivers: ...

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The controller for Washington Co. established the following overhead cost pools and cost drivers:

Estimated

Budgeted

Cost Driver

Overhead Cost Pool

Overhead

Cost Driver

Level

Quality controls

$60,000

# of inspections

2,000

inspections

Machine setups

$100,000

# of setups

20,000

setups

Other overhead costs

$90,000

# of machine hrs

2,500

machine hrs

Total overhead costs

$250,000

A recent order for sailboats used:

Quality inspections

400

inspections

Machine setups

2,500

setups

Machine hours (MHs)

300

machine hours

a. What is the overhead rate per machine hour if the number of machine hours (MHs)

is used as a single cost driver under traditional costing system?

b. Utilizing traditional costing, how much overhead is assigned to the order

based on machine hours as a single cost driver?

c. Utilizing ABC, how much total overhead is assigned to the order?

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