Westmorland makes ink that it uses in ball point pens. The Company produces two colors of ink. One is blue; the other is red. Ink is made in batches with setup costs being $2,000 per batch. Demand for blue ink is significantly stronger than for red ink. During the most recent week, the company made 2 batches of ink, one blue the other red. It requires 1 hour of labor to make a gallon of ink regardless of color. There were 300 hours of labor used to make the blue ink and the 100 hours of labor used to make the red ink. Under these circumstances

a. none of the answers is correct.

b. more of the total setup cost should be assigned to the red ink than to the blue ink.

c. more of the total setup cost should be assigned to the blue ink than to the red ink.

d. the total setup cost should be allocated equally between the red and blue ink.

- If the Company uses a single company wide overhead rate based on labor hours, the amount of setup cost allocated to the

a. blue ink is $4,000 and red ink is zero.

b. blue ink is $1,000 and red ink is $3,000

c. blue ink is $3,000 and red ink is $1,000.

d. blue ink is $2,000 and red ink is $2,000.