Goha Company, a Wholesale Distributor, Uses Activity-Based Costing for Its

question 7

Essay

Goha Company, a wholesale distributor, uses activity-based costing for its overhead costs. The company has provided the following data concerning its annual overhead costs and its activity based costing system:
The "Other" activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs.
The amount of activity for the year is as follows:
Required:
Compute the activity rates (i.e., cost per unit of activity) for the Filling Orders and Product Support activity cost pools by filling in the table below:

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