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Vandalay Industries manufactures two products: toasters and blenders. The annual production and sales of toasters is 2300 units, while 1400 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 $145,315. 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: Vandalay Industries manufactures two products: toasters and blenders. The annual production and sales of toasters is 2300 units, while 1400 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 $145,315. 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:   The cost pool activity rate for Engineering Costs would be closest to (Round all answers to two decimal places.)  A) $12.53 per engineering hour. B) $41.20 per engineering hour. C) $17.70 per engineering hour. D) $62.08 per engineering hour. The cost pool activity rate for Engineering Costs would be closest to (Round all answers to two decimal places.)


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