Beauty Beyond Words Salon Uses an Activity-Based Costing System to Determine

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Beauty Beyond Words Salon uses an activity-based costing system to determine the cost of services. The salon has determined the costs of services by activity and activity usage as follows: ​
-WeeBee Company has three assembly labor classifications: S-1, S-2, and S-3. The three classifications are paid $16, $19, and $22 per hour, respectively. The assembly activity for a product uses an S-2 employee who performs that task in 24 minutes. To reduce the activity cost per unit, a product engineer proposes using a higher-rated employee who can perform the assembly in 21 minutes. A manager proposes using a lower-rated employee who can perform the assembly in 30 minutes. Which of the following provides the most cost-effective solution?

• A)use the S-1 employee
• B)use the S-2 employee
• C)use the S-3 employee
• D)use either the S-1 or S-3 employee

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