Ellis Company Ellis Company Uses Activity-Based Costing.The Company Produces Two Products: IPods

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Ellis Company
Ellis Company uses activity-based costing.The company produces two products: IPods and MP3 players.The annual production and sales volume of IPods is 8,000 units and of MP3 players is 6,000 units.There are three activity cost pools with the following expected activities and estimated total costs:

• A)$ 2.40
• B)$ 3.90
• C)$12.00
• D)$15.90

Activity Cost Pool	Estimated Cost	Expected Activity IPods	Expected Activity MP3 players	Total
Activity 1	$20,000	100	400	500
Activity 2	$37,000	800	200	1,000
Activity 3	$91,200	800	3,000	3,800

Refer to Ellis Company.Using ABC,the cost per unit of MP3 players is approximately:

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Definitions:

Product Differentiation

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MC = P

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