Your company is discussing the potential benefits of adopting an ABC costing system. Your company noticed that with the emergence of new competitors, the current cost markup pricing strategy does not seem to work anymore. To perform an analysis, a visualization showing direct materials, direct labor and overhead under both the traditional and the ABC costing for two popular products is generated. Please answer the following questions based on the visualization.

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Question : Assume that the company uses “total costs (direct materials plus direct labor and overhead) times 1.2” to be the price. For example, if total costs are $100, the price is $120. For product CJ100, what is the new price under ABC costing compared to the old price under the traditional method?

PLEASE RESPOND ASAP WITH AN ANSWER AND EXPLANATION.

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Traditional costing Cost of Job Direct material 21500 Dire... View the full answer