Safety Corporation Uses the Following Activity Rates from Its Activity-Based

question 26

Essay

Safety Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products.

Data concerning two products appear below:
$$\begin{array} { | l | r | r | } \hline & \text { Product C } & \text { Product E } \\\hline \text { Number of batches } & 66 & 53 \\\hline \text { Number of customer orders } & 46 & 31 \\\hline \text { Number of assembly hours } & 419 & 162 \\\hline\end{array}$$
Required:
How much overhead cost would be assigned to each of the two products using the company's activity-based costing system?

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