a guide, prepare a quantitativ based cost assignments. Explain why the traditional and activity-based cost assignments differ PROBLEM 5-17 Comparing Traditional and Activity-Based Product Margins LO 5-1, LO 5-3, LO 5-4, LO 5-5 Smoky Mountain Corporation makes two Lypes of hiking boots- the Xtreme and the Pathfinder. Data concerning these two product lines appear below: The company has a traditional costing system in which manufacturing overhead is applied to units based on direct labor-hours. Data concerning manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours for the upcoming year appear below: Required: 1. Using Exhibit 5-13 as a guide, compute the product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder products under the company's traditional costing system. 2. The company is considering replacing its traditional costing system with an activity-based costing system that would assign its manufacturing overhead to the following four activity cost pools (the Other cost pool includes organization-sustaining costs and idle capacity costs): Using Exhibit 5-11 as a guide, compute the product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder products under the activity-based costing system. 3. Using Exhibit 5-14 as a guide, prepare a quantitative comparison of the traditional and activity-based cost assignments. Explain why the traditional and activity-based cost assignments differ. EXHIBIT 5-14 A Comparison of Traditional and Activity-Based Cost Assignments EXHIBIT 5-13 Product Margins-Traditional Cost System Microsoft Excel Product Margins-Activity-Based Costing