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![A company has the following overhead costs and activities:
Estimated
Expected Activity
Product V Product W Product X
Overhead
Activities and Activity Measures
Machine setups (setups)
Processing customer orders (orders)
Assembling products (assembly-hours) $9,178.00
Cost
$7,234.50
$3,565.50
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1. If the company allocates overhead to products using assembly hours as the single
allocation base, how much overhead will be allocated to product X?
A. $1,706
B. $784
C. $618
D. $304
How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product V using the activity-based costing
system?
A. S158
B. $91,722
C. $10,385
D. $5,485
3. After changing from the traditional costing system that uses assembly hours as the single
allocation base to activity-based costing, overhead costs assigned to Product W would be:
A. increased by S5,803.
B. increased by S4,194.
C. decreased by s5,803.
D. decreased by $4,194.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F43361c39-b8bb-4e45-b77e-36cd266de46b%2F736d676b-8d9a-4d8b-8e57-2a0965f7953f%2F5t56bq_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A company has the following overhead costs and activities:
Estimated
Expected Activity
Product V Product W Product X
Overhead
Activities and Activity Measures
Machine setups (setups)
Processing customer orders (orders)
Assembling products (assembly-hours) $9,178.00
Cost
$7,234.50
$3,565.50
69
12
10
20
9
21
492
697
111
1. If the company allocates overhead to products using assembly hours as the single
allocation base, how much overhead will be allocated to product X?
A. $1,706
B. $784
C. $618
D. $304
How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product V using the activity-based costing
system?
A. S158
B. $91,722
C. $10,385
D. $5,485
3. After changing from the traditional costing system that uses assembly hours as the single
allocation base to activity-based costing, overhead costs assigned to Product W would be:
A. increased by S5,803.
B. increased by S4,194.
C. decreased by s5,803.
D. decreased by $4,194.
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