Ellis Perry is an electronics components manufacturer. Information about the company’s two products follows:     AM-2   FM-9   Units produced   20,000   4,000   Direct labor hours required for production   10,000   15,000   Units per batch   4,000   400   Shipping weight per unit   0.50 lbs. 10 lbs. The company incurs $840,000 in overhead per year and has traditionally applied overhead on the basis of direct labor hours. (a)   Correct answer icon Your answer is correct. (i) How much overhead will be allocated to each product using the traditional direct labor hours allocation base? (Round per unit rates to 2 decimal places, e.g. 3.54 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 45,286.)     AM-2 FM-9       Overhead allocated to each product   $enter a dollar amount rounded to 0 decimal places $enter a dollar amount rounded to 0 decimal places (ii) What overhead cost per unit will be allocated to each product? (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)     AM-2 FM-9       Overhead cost per unit   $enter a dollar amount rounded to 2 decimal places $enter a dollar amount rounded to 2 decimal places

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Ellis Perry is an electronics components manufacturer. Information about the company’s two products follows:

   
AM-2
 
FM-9
 
Units produced
  20,000   4,000  
Direct labor hours required for production
  10,000   15,000  
Units per batch
  4,000   400  
Shipping weight per unit
  0.50 lbs. 10 lbs.

The company incurs $840,000 in overhead per year and has traditionally applied overhead on the basis of direct labor hours.

(a)

 
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Your answer is correct.
(i) How much overhead will be allocated to each product using the traditional direct labor hours allocation base? (Round per unit rates to 2 decimal places, e.g. 3.54 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 45,286.)

 
 
AM-2
FM-9      
Overhead allocated to each product
  $enter a dollar amount rounded to 0 decimal places $enter a dollar amount rounded to 0 decimal places

(ii) What overhead cost per unit will be allocated to each product? (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)

 
 
AM-2
FM-9      
Overhead cost per unit
  $enter a dollar amount rounded to 2 decimal places $enter a dollar amount rounded to 2 decimal places
 

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Assume that Ellis Perry has identified three activity cost pools.

Pool
 
Cost
 
Cost Driver
 
Assembly
  $630,000   Direct labor hours  
Setup
  30,000   Number of setups (1 per batch)  
Packaging
  180,000   (i) Given these activity pools and cost drivers, how much overhead should be allocated to each product? (Round per unit rates to 2 decimal places, e.g. 3.54 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 45,286.)
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