2. Using the plantwide overhead rate, how much manufacturing overhead cost is allocated to Product Y and Product Z? Note: Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount. Manufacturing overhead allocated Product Y Product Z

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Hickory Company manufactures two products-13,000 units of Product Y and 5,000 units of Product Z. The company uses
a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. It is considering implementing an activity-based costing (ABC)
system that allocates all $788,400 of its manufacturing overhead to four cost pools. The following additional information is
available for the company as a whole and for Products Y and Z:
Estimated Overhead
Activity Cost Pool
Machining
Machine setups
Product design
General factory
Activity Measure
Machine-hours
Number of setups
Number of products
Direct labor-hours
Activity Measure
Machine-hours
Number of setups
Number of products
Direct labor-hours
Manufacturing overhead allocated
Product Y Product Z
6,900
5,100
150
40
1
1
7,900
6,500
Cost
$ 238,800
$ 93,100
$ 83,000
$ 373,500
Product Y
Expected Activity
12,000 MHS
Product Z
190 setups
2. Using the plantwide overhead rate, how much manufacturing overhead cost is allocated to Product Y and Product Z?
Note: Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.
2 products
14,400 DLHs
Transcribed Image Text:Hickory Company manufactures two products-13,000 units of Product Y and 5,000 units of Product Z. The company uses a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. It is considering implementing an activity-based costing (ABC) system that allocates all $788,400 of its manufacturing overhead to four cost pools. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Products Y and Z: Estimated Overhead Activity Cost Pool Machining Machine setups Product design General factory Activity Measure Machine-hours Number of setups Number of products Direct labor-hours Activity Measure Machine-hours Number of setups Number of products Direct labor-hours Manufacturing overhead allocated Product Y Product Z 6,900 5,100 150 40 1 1 7,900 6,500 Cost $ 238,800 $ 93,100 $ 83,000 $ 373,500 Product Y Expected Activity 12,000 MHS Product Z 190 setups 2. Using the plantwide overhead rate, how much manufacturing overhead cost is allocated to Product Y and Product Z? Note: Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount. 2 products 14,400 DLHs
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