Question: Required information Exercise 4-8 Computing ABC Product Costs [LO4-2, LO4-3] Skip to question [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Performance Products Corporation

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Exercise 4-8 Computing ABC Product Costs [LO4-2, LO4-3]

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Performance Products Corporation makes two products, titanium Rims and Posts. Data regarding the two products follow:

Direct Labor-Hours per unit Annual Production
Rims 0.20 21,000 units
Posts 0.70 79,000 units

Additional information about the company follows:

  1. Rims require $19 in direct materials per unit, and Posts require $15.
  2. The direct labor wage rate is $15 per hour.
  3. Rims are more complex to manufacture than Posts and they require special equipment.
  4. The ABC system has the following activity cost pools:

Estimated Activity
Activity Cost Pool Activity Measure Estimated Overhead Cost Rims Posts Total
Machine setups Number of setups $ 34,760 110 90 200
Special processing Machine-hours $ 136,670 1,000 0 1,000
General factory Direct labor-hours $ 819,000 9,000 54,000 63,000

Exercise 4-8 Part 1

Required:

1. Compute the activity rate for each activity cost pool. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

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