How much total overhead is assigned to fudge using abc

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Question: Wellington Chocolate Company uses activity-based costing (ABC). The controller identified two activities and their budgeted costs:

Setting up equipment	$720,000
Other overheard	$1,944,000

Setting up equipment is based on setup hours, and other overhead is based on oven hours.
Wellington produces two products, Fudge and Cookies. Information on each product is as follows:

	Fudge	Cookies
Units produced	8,000	445,000
Setup hours	12,000	3,000
Oven hours	1,800	12,600

Required:

Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar, unless otherwise directed.

1. Calculate the activity rate for (a) setting up equipment and (b) other overhead.

a. Setting up equipment $fill in the blank per setup hour
b. Other overhead $fill in the blank per oven hour
2. How much total overhead is assigned to Fudge using ABC?

3. What is the unit overhead assigned to Fudge using ABC? Round to the nearest cent.

4. Now, ignoring the ABC results, calculate the plantwide overhead rate, based on oven hours. Round to the nearest cent.

5. How much total overhead is assigned to Fudge using the plantwide overhead rate?

6a. The difference in the total overhead assigned to Fudge is different under the ABC system and non-ABC system because

different treatment of setup costs, difference in the units produced, difference in the sale prices of the products, or different oven temperatures required for baking fudge and cookies.

6b. What is the difference in total overhead assigned to fudge under the two methods?

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