Performance Products Corporation makes two products, titanium Rims and Posts. Data regarding the two products follow:       Direct Labor-Hours per unit Annual Production Rims 0.60 26,000 units Posts 0.60 84,000 units   Additional information about the company follows: Rims require $17 in direct materials per unit, and Posts require $14. The direct labor wage rate is $20 per hour. Rims are more complex to manufacture than Posts and they require special equipment. The ABC system has the following activity cost pools:   Activity Cost Pool Activity Measure Estimated Activity Estimated Overhead Cost Rims Posts Total Machine setups Number of setups $ 39,480 80 320 400 Special processing Machine-hours $ 146,160 3,000 0 3,000 General factory Direct labor-hours $ 1,092,000 15,600 50,400 66,000   What us the unit cost ofposts

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Performance Products Corporation makes two products, titanium Rims and Posts. Data regarding the two products follow:

   

  Direct Labor-Hours per unit Annual Production
Rims 0.60 26,000 units
Posts 0.60 84,000 units

 

Additional information about the company follows:

  1. Rims require $17 in direct materials per unit, and Posts require $14.
  2. The direct labor wage rate is $20 per hour.
  3. Rims are more complex to manufacture than Posts and they require special equipment.
  4. The ABC system has the following activity cost pools:

 

Activity Cost Pool Activity Measure Estimated Activity
Estimated Overhead Cost Rims Posts Total
Machine setups Number of setups $ 39,480 80 320 400
Special processing Machine-hours $ 146,160 3,000 0 3,000
General factory Direct labor-hours $ 1,092,000 15,600 50,400 66,000

  What us the unit cost ofposts

 

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