Marton Corporation Has Provided the Following Data from Its Activity-Based

question 56

Multiple Choice

Marton Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing accounting system:
The activity rate for the "designing products" activity cost pool is closest to:

• A) $124 per product design hour
• B) $181 per product design hour
• C) $55 per product design hour
• D) $1,526,916 per product design hour

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