Reference no: EM132501314
Chinchilla, Inc. uses activity-based costing. The company produces X and Y. Information relating to the two products is as follows:
X Y
Units produced 38,000 50,000
Machine-hours 15,000 17,000
Direct labor-hours 16,000 24,000
Materials handling (number of moves) 8,000 12,000
Setups 10,000 14,000
The following cost pools have been identified:
Activity
Cost driverTotal cost
Materials handling
Number of moves $320,000
Labor-related overhead
Direct labor hours $560,000
Setups
Number of setups $480,000
Question 1: Materials handling costs will be allocated to products at the rate of:
$57 per setup
$136 per setup
$48 per setup
$16 per setup