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Aunt Ethel's Fancy Cookie Company manufactures and sells three flavors of cookies: Macaroon,Sugar,and Buttercream.The batch size for the cookies is limited to 1,000 cookies based on the size of the ovens and cookie molds owned by the company.Based on budgetary projections,the information listed below is available:
 Macaroon  Sugar  Buttercream  Projected sales in units 500,000800,000600,000 PER UNIT data:  Selling price $0.80$0.75$0.60 Direct materials $0.20$0.15$0.14 Direct labor $0.04$0.02$0.02 Hours per 1000-unit batch:  Direct labor hours 211 Oven hours 111 Packaging hours 0.50.50.5\begin{array}{llll}&\text { Macaroon } & \text { Sugar } & \text { Buttercream }\\\text { Projected sales in units } & 500,000 & 800,000 & 600,000\\\\\text { PER UNIT data: }\\\text { Selling price } & \$ 0.80 & \$ 0.75 & \$ 0.60 \\\text { Direct materials } & \$ 0.20 & \$ 0.15 & \$ 0.14 \\\text { Direct labor } & \$ 0.04 & \$ 0.02 & \$ 0.02\\\\\text { Hours per 1000-unit batch: }\\\text { Direct labor hours } & 2 & 1 & 1 \\\text { Oven hours } & 1 & 1 & 1 \\\text { Packaging hours } & 0.5 & 0.5 & 0.5\end{array}
 Total overhead costs and activity levels for the year are estimated as follows: \text { Total overhead costs and activity levels for the year are estimated as follows: }
 Activity  Overhead costs  Activity levels  Direct labor 2,400 hours  Oven $210,0001,900 oven hours  Packaging $150,000950 packaging hours $360,000\begin{array}{llr}\text { Activity }& \text { Overhead costs } & \text { Activity levels }\\\text { Direct labor } & 2,400 \text { hours } \\\text { Oven } & \$ 210,000 & 1,900 \text { oven hours } \\\text { Packaging } & \$ 150,000 & 950 \text { packaging hours }\\&\$360,000\end{array} Required:
a.Determine the activity-cost-driver rate for packaging costs.
b.Using the ABC system,for the sugar cookie:
1.compute the estimated overhead costs per thousand cookies.
2.compute the estimated operating profit per thousand cookies.
c.Using a traditional system (with direct labor hours as the overhead allocation base),for the sugar cookie:.
1.compute the estimated overhead costs per thousand cookies.
2.compute the estimated operating profit per thousand cookies.
d.Explain the difference between the profits obtained from the traditional system and the ABC system.Which system provides a better estimate of profitability? Why?

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