Vandalay Industries manufactures two products: toasters and blenders. The annual production and sales of toasters...

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Vandalay Industries manufactures two products: toasters and blenders. The annual production and sales of toasters is 2100 units, while 1600 units of blenders are produced and sold. The company has traditionally used direct labor hours to allocate its overhead to products. Toasters require 1.25 direct labor hours per unit while blenders require 1 direct labor hours per unit. The total estimated overhead for the period is $149,315. The company is looking at the possibility of changing to an activity-based costing system for its products. If the company used an activity-based costing system, it would have the following three activity cost pools: Expected activity Estimated overhead Activity cost pool cost Toasters Blenders Total Setup costs $8585 215 batches 450 batches 665 batches Engineering costs $73,980 870 engineering 820 engineering hours 1690 engineering hrs Maintenance costs LOSS $66,750 2750 direct labor hours 1195 direct labor hours 3945 direct labor hours Total $2100 The overhead cost per Blenders using the traditional costing system would be closest to (Round all answers to two decimal places.) O $37.85 $28.27 O $93.32 O $19.40

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