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St. James, Inc., currently uses traditional costing procedures, applying $800,000 of overhead to products Beta and Zeta on the basis of direct labour hours. The company is considering a shift to activity-based costing and the creation of individual cost pools that will use direct labour hours (DLH) , production setups (SU) , and number of parts components (PC) as cost drivers. Data on the cost pools and respective driver volumes follow.  Product  Pool No. 1  (Driver: DLH)   Pool No. 2  (Driver: SU)   Pool No. 3  (Driver: PC)   Beta 1.200452.250 Zeta 2.80055750 Pool  Cost $160,000$280,000$360,000\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Product } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Pool No. 1 } \\\text { (Driver: DLH) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Pool No. 2 } \\\text { (Driver: SU) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Pool No. 3 } \\\text { (Driver: PC) }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Beta } & 1.200 & 45 & 2.250 \\\hline \text { Zeta } & 2.800 & 55 & 750 \\\hline & & & \\\hline \begin{array} { c } \text { Pool } \\\text { Cost }\end{array} & \$ 160,000 & \$ 280,000 & \$ 360,000 \\\hline\end{array} The overhead cost allocated to Zeta by using traditional costing procedures would be:


A) $240,000.
B) $360,000.
C) $440,000.
D) $560,000.
E) $800,000.

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