Larner Corporation is a diversified manufacturer of industrial goods. The company's activity-based costing system contains the following six activity cost pools and activity rates: Activity Cost Pool Labor-related Machine-related Activity Rates $7.00 per direct labor-hour $5.00 per machine-hour $ 40.00 per setup $ 200.00 per order Machine setups Production orders Shipments $ 120.00 per shipment General factory $ 5.00 per direct labor hour Cost and activity data have been supplied for the following products: Direct labor-hours Machine-hours Production orders Direct materials cost per unit Direct labor cost per unit Number of units produced per year Total Expected Activity 378 1,000 3,400 852 20 20 378 $7.00 $ 4.00 2,000 852 $ 50.00 $ 10.00 100

Larner Corporation is a diversified manufacturer of industrial goods. The company's activity-based costing system contains the following six activity cost pools and activity rates: Activity Cost Pool Labor-related Machine-related Activity Rates $7.00 per direct labor-hour $5.00 per machine-hour $ 40.00 per setup $ 200.00 per order Machine setups Production orders Shipments $ 120.00 per shipment General factory $ 5.00 per direct labor hour Cost and activity data have been supplied for the following products: Direct labor-hours Machine-hours Production orders Direct materials cost per unit Direct labor cost per unit Number of units produced per year Total Expected Activity 378 1,000 3,400 852 20 20 378 $7.00 $ 4.00 2,000 852 $ 50.00 $ 10.00 100

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