uestion: An intern suggested that the company use activity-based costing to cost its products. A team was formed to investigate thisidea, and it came back with the recommendation that four activity cost pools be used. These cost pools and their associatedactivities follow:Compute the activity rate (i.e., predetermined overhead rate) for each of the activity cost

An intern suggested that the company use activity$-$based costing to cost its products. A team was formed to investigate thisidea, and it came back with the recommendation that four activity cost pools be used. These cost pools and their associatedactivities follow:Compute the activity rate $($i$.$e$.,$ predetermined overhead rate$)$ for each of the activity cost pools.

 

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2. An intern suggested that the company use activity-based costing to cost its products. A team was formed to investigate this idea, and it came back with the recommendation that four activity cost pools be used. These cost pools and their associated activities follow: Activity Cost Pool and Activity Measure Purchase orders (number of orders) Rework requests (number of requests) Product testing (number of tests) Machine related (machine hours) Estimated Overhead Cost $ 487,272 Luxury Activity Standard Total 1,000 1,400 2,400 302,100 800 1,200 2,000 948,120 5,000 7,000 12,000 3,376,000 15,000 25,000 40,000 $5,113,492 Compute the activity rate (i.e., predetermined overhead rate) for each of the activity cost pools. Activity Rate Activity Cost Pool Purchase orders Rework requests Product testing Machine related per order per request per test per MH 2. An intern suggested that the company use activity-based costing to cost its products. A team was formed to investigate this idea, and it came back with the recommendation that four activity cost pools be used. These cost pools and their associated activities follow: Activity Cost Pool and Activity Measure Purchase orders (number of orders) Rework requests (number of requests) Product testing (number of tests) Machine related (machine hours) Estimated Overhead Cost $ 487,272 Luxury Activity Standard Total 1,000 1,400 2,400 302,100 800 1,200 2,000 948,120 5,000 7,000 12,000 3,376,000 15,000 25,000 40,000 $5,113,492 Compute the activity rate (i.e., predetermined overhead rate) for each of the activity cost pools. Activity Rate Activity Cost Pool Purchase orders Rework requests Product testing Machine related per order per request per test per MH

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