Rodriguez Manufacturing prices its products at full cost plus 40 percent. The company operates two support departments and two producing departments. Budgeted costs and normal activity levels are as follows:   Support Departments Producing Departments   A B C D Overhead costs $20,000 $50,000 $90,000 $120,000 Square feet 2,000 2,400 4,000 12,000 Number of employees 20 30 60 40 Direct labor hours - - 10,000 6,400 Machine hours - - 6,000 10,800 Support Department A's costs are allocated based on square feet, and Support Department B's costs are allocated based on number of employees. Department C uses direct labor hours to assign overhead costs to products, while Department D uses machine hours. One of the products the company produces requires 4 direct labor hours per unit in Department C and no time in Department D. Direct materials for the product cost $45 per unit, and direct labor is $20 per unit. If the sequential method of allocation is used and the company follows its usual pricing policy, the selling price of the product would be (round service allocations to the nearest whole dollar and the costs per unit to two decimal places) a.$159.38. b.$162.52. c.$113.52. d.$108.46.

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Rodriguez Manufacturing prices its products at full cost plus 40 percent. The company operates two support departments and two producing departments. Budgeted costs and normal activity levels are as follows:

  Support Departments Producing Departments
  A B C D
Overhead costs $20,000 $50,000 $90,000 $120,000
Square feet 2,000 2,400 4,000 12,000
Number of employees 20 30 60 40
Direct labor hours - - 10,000 6,400
Machine hours - - 6,000 10,800


Support Department A's costs are allocated based on square feet, and Support Department B's costs are allocated based on number of employees. Department C uses direct labor hours to assign overhead costs to products, while Department D uses machine hours.

One of the products the company produces requires 4 direct labor hours per unit in Department C and no time in Department D. Direct materials for the product cost $45 per unit, and direct labor is $20 per unit.

If the sequential method of allocation is used and the company follows its usual pricing policy, the selling price of the product would be (round service allocations to the nearest whole dollar and the costs per unit to two decimal places)

a.$159.38.
b.$162.52.
c.$113.52.
d.$108.46.
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