Question: Please show all possible solution Source: Problem 7B-4, Managerial Accounting, Asia Global Edition, 2e by Garisson, Noreen, Brewer, Cheng, Yuen Ellix Company manufactures two models

Please show all possible solution

Source: Problem 7B-4, Managerial Accounting, Asia Global Edition, 2e by Garisson, Noreen, Brewer, Cheng, Yuen

Ellix Company manufactures two models of ultra-high fidelity speakers, the X200 model and the X99 model. Data regarding the two products follow:

Direct Labor- Hours per Unit

Annual Production (units)

Total Direct Labor-Hours

Model X200

1.8

5,000

9,000

Model X99

0.9

30,000

27,000

36,000

Additional information about the company follows:

a.

Model X200 requires $72 in direct materials per unit, and model X99 requires $50.

b.

The direct labor wage rate is $10 per hour.

c.

The company has always used direct labor-hours as the base for applying manufacturing overhead cost to products.

d.

Model X200 is more complex to manufacture than model X99 and requires the use of special equipment. Consequently, the company is considering the use of activity-based costing to apply manufacturing overhead cost to products. Three activity cost pools have been identified as follows:

Estimated Total Activity

Activity Cost Pool

Activity Measure

Est Total Cost

X200

X99

Total

Machine Set-Up

No. of Set-Ups

360,000.00

50

100

150

Special Processing

Machine Hours

180,000.00

12000

0

12000

General Factory

Direct Labor Hours

1,260,000.00

9000

27000

36000

1,800,000.00

Required:

Explain why overhead cost shifted from the high-volume model to the low volume model under activity based costing

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