Rocky Mountain Corporation makes two types of hiking boots—Xactive and Pathbreaker. Data concerning these two product lines appear below:   Xactive Pathbreaker Direct materials per unit $ 64.80   $ 51.00   Direct labor cost per unit $ 18.20   $ 13.00   Direct labor-hours per unit   1.4 DLHs   1.0 DLHs Estimated annual production and sales   25,000 units   75,000 units     The company has a conventional costing system in which manufacturing overhead is applied to units based on direct labor-hours. Data concerning manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours for the upcoming year appear below:         Estimated total manufacturing overhead $2,200,000   Estimated total direct labor-hours 110,000  DLHs     Required:   Estimated Overhead Cost Expected Activity Activity Cost Pools and Activity Measures Xactive Pathbreaker Total Supporting direct labor (direct labor-hours) $ 797,500     35,000     75,000   110,000 Batch setups (setups)   680,000     250     150   400 Product sustaining (number of products)   650,000     1     1   2 General factory (machine-hours)   72,500     2,500     7,500   10,000 Total manufacturing overhead cost $ 2,200,000                    Activity Cost PoolsActivity Rate Supporting direct labor$7.25 per DLHBatch setups$1,700per setup Product sustaining$325,000per product General factory$7.25per MHR Determine the activity rate for each of the four activity cost pools. 1. Using the activity rates and other data from the problem, determine the unit product cost of each product.

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Rocky Mountain Corporation makes two types of hiking boots—Xactive and Pathbreaker. Data concerning these two product lines appear below:

  Xactive Pathbreaker
Direct materials per unit $ 64.80   $ 51.00  
Direct labor cost per unit $ 18.20   $ 13.00  
Direct labor-hours per unit   1.4 DLHs   1.0 DLHs
Estimated annual production and sales   25,000 units   75,000 units
 

 

The company has a conventional costing system in which manufacturing overhead is applied to units based on direct labor-hours. Data concerning manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours for the upcoming year appear below:

 

     
Estimated total manufacturing overhead $2,200,000  
Estimated total direct labor-hours 110,000  DLHs
 

 

Required:

  Estimated Overhead Cost Expected Activity
Activity Cost Pools and Activity Measures Xactive Pathbreaker Total
Supporting direct labor (direct labor-hours) $ 797,500     35,000     75,000   110,000
Batch setups (setups)   680,000     250     150   400
Product sustaining (number of products)   650,000     1     1   2
General factory (machine-hours)   72,500     2,500     7,500   10,000
Total manufacturing overhead cost $ 2,200,000                
 

 Activity Cost PoolsActivity Rate

Supporting direct labor$7.25 per DLHBatch

setups$1,700per setup

Product sustaining$325,000per product

General factory$7.25per MHR

Determine the activity rate for each of the four activity cost pools.

1. Using the activity rates and other data from the problem, determine the unit product cost of each product.

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