Question: could i pls get at least the first question ansered for this Waugh & Waugh Company Pty Ltd produce two models of petrol lawnmowers, Standard

could i pls get at least the first question ansered for this

could i pls get at least the first question ansered for this

Waugh & Waugh Company Pty Ltd produce two models of petrol lawnmowers, Standard and Deluxe. Overhead was allocated based on direct labour hours. The following information was collected at the end of 2019. Standard Deluxe Annual sales 25,000 units 4,000 units Selling price $450 $650 Direct material cost per $80 $100 unit Direct labour cost per $100 $150 unit Overhead cost per unit $80 $80 Following an examination of the data above the marketing manager recommended that more emphasis should be placed on selling the Deluxe mower. The manufacturing manager disagreed and argued that there were problems in relation to the costing of the mowers. The management accountant agreed with the manufacturing manager and suggested that an activity based costing system should be installed. The general manager asked the management accountant to recalculate the product costs using ABC techniques. The management accountant subsequently collected the following information. Overhead Overhead Cost driver Standard Deluxe activity cost Setups $100,000 Number of setups 15 setups 10 setups Machining $1,000,000 Machine hours 60,000 hours 40,000 hours Engineering $800,000 Engineering hours 25,000 hours 15,000 hours Packing $420,000 Packing orders 20,000 orders 5,000 orders Required: (a) Using the activity based costing data calculate the overhead cost per unit for the two mower product lines. (5 marks) (a) Using the activity based costing data calculate the overhead cost per unit for the two mower product lines. (5 marks) (b) Calculate the contribution margin per unit generated by the two mowers under the conventional costing and activity based costing approaches. (2 marks) (c) Based on the answers in part b), write a brief note to the general manager explaining the differences in the contribution margins under the two costing approaches and evaluating the suggestion of the marketing manager to switch emphasis to the Deluxe model

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