A

B

C

D

E

F

G

Problem #$2$ produced in the current year is included below:

$\backslash$table$[[,$Budgeted Overhead,Activity Driver$],[$Purchasing$,5,114,250,$Purchase Orders Processed$],[$Machine Maintenance,$$,650,000,$Machine Hours$],[$Engineering$,$$$,135,750,$Engineering Changes Requ$],[$Total$,$$$,900,000,,],[,,$Robot A$,$Robot B$],[$Purchase Orders,$45,50],[$Machine Hours,$27,27],[$Engineering Changes,$1,6]]$

REQUIRED:

Compute the total overhead allocated to each robot under a simple costing system, where overhead is allocated based on machine$-$hours.

Compute the total overhead allocated to each job under an activity$-$based costing system using the appropriate activity drivers.

Explain why Melody's Custom Framing might favor the ABC job$-$costing system over the simple job$-$costing system, especially in its bidding process.