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Addy Company makes two products: Product A and Product B. Annual production and sales are 1,700 units of Product A and 1,100 units of Product B. The company has traditionally used direct labor-hours as the basis for applying all manufacturing overhead to products. Product A requires 0.3 direct labor-hours per unit and Product B requires 0.6 direct labor-hours per unit. The total estimated overhead for next period is $98,785.

The company is considering switching to an activity-based costing system for the purpose of computing unit product costs for external reports. The new activity-based costing system would have three overhead activity cost pools--Activity 1, Activity 2, and General Factory--with estimated overhead costs and expected activity as follows:
Addy Company makes two products: Product A and Product B. Annual production and sales are 1,700 units of Product A and 1,100 units of Product B. The company has traditionally used direct labor-hours as the basis for applying all manufacturing overhead to products. Product A requires 0.3 direct labor-hours per unit and Product B requires 0.6 direct labor-hours per unit. The total estimated overhead for next period is $98,785.  The company is considering switching to an activity-based costing system for the purpose of computing unit product costs for external reports. The new activity-based costing system would have three overhead activity cost pools--Activity 1, Activity 2, and General Factory--with estimated overhead costs and expected activity as follows:   (Note: The General Factory activity cost pool's costs are allocated on the basis of direct labor-hours.)  -The predetermined overhead rate (i.e. ,activity rate) for Activity 2 under the activity-based costing system is closest to: A) $9.15 B) $51.99 C) $86.93 D) $10.23 (Note: The General Factory activity cost pool's costs are allocated on the basis of direct labor-hours.)
-The predetermined overhead rate (i.e. ,activity rate) for Activity 2 under the activity-based costing system is closest to:


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