Hakara Company has been using direct labor costs as the basis for assigning overhead to its many products. Under this allocation system product A has been assigned overhead of 21.70 per unit while product B has been assigned 10.44 per unit. Management feels that an ABC system will provide a more accurate allocation of the overhead costs and has collected the following cost pool and cost driver information. Cost Pools Activity Costs Cost Driver Driver Consumption
Machine Setup 340,000 Setup Hours 5,000
Materials Handling 100,000 Pounds of materials 20,000
Electric Power 24,000 Kilowatt Hours 24,000
The following cost information pertains to the production of A and B, just two of its many products.
A B
Number of units produced 5,000 10,000
Direct Materials Cost 36,000 30,000
Direct Labor Costs 27,000 34,000
Number of Setup Hours 100 100
Pounds of Materials 2,000 1,000
Kilowatt Hours 2,000 2,000
Use Activity based costing to determine a unit cost for each product. (Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)

Afreelance​ singer-songwriter is planning the restoration of a recently purchased civil​ war-era farmhouse. while he professes an enjoyment​ of, and talent in the construction​ trades, the theory of comparative advantage implies that a. the value of what he imports​ (in this​ case, professional contractor​ services) must equal the value of what he exports​ (songs). b. he should concentrate on the restoration work since his​ out-of-pocket costs will be much lower than if he hires professionals. c. ​self-sufficiency is​ advantageous, hence he should split his time between music and construction. d. the income lost while away from music will likely exceed the savings realized by doing the work​ himself, thus, he should hire professionals to do the restoration work. e. he ought to do as much of the work himself as possible since imports​ (in this​ case, professional contractor​ services) should always be restricted to those things that cannot be done internall

At a small store, a customer enters the front door on average every 8 minutes. a prior study indicated that the time between customers entering the front door during weekdays follows an exponential distribution. what is the probability that the time between customers entering the store on a weekday will be less than or equal to 7? select one: a. 62 b. 43 c. 1/8 d. 7/8 e. 58

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