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Warne Limited

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Answer the following questions using the information below:
Warne Limited manufactures remote controls.Currently,the company uses a plant-wide rate for allocating manufacturing overhead.The plant manager believes it is time to refine the method of cost-allocation and has the accounting department identify the primary production activities and their cost drivers:
 Activities  Cost Driver  Allocation Rate  Material handling  Number of parts $3 per part  Assembly  Labour hours $30 per hour  Inspection  Time at inspection station $4.50 per minute \begin{array} { l r r } \text { Activities } & \text { Cost Driver } & \text { Allocation Rate } \\\text { Material handling } & \text { Number of parts } & \$ 3 \text { per part } \\\text { Assembly } & \text { Labour hours } & \$ 30 \text { per hour } \\\text { Inspection } & \text { Time at inspection station } & \$ 4.50 \text { per minute }\end{array} The current traditional cost method allocates overhead based on direct manufacturing labour hours using a rate of $200 per labour hour.
-What are the indirect manufacturing costs per remote control assuming an Activity-based costing method is used and a batch of 50 remote controls is produced? The batch requires 100 parts,6 direct manufacturing labour hours and 2.5 minutes of inspection time.


A) $4.00 per remote control
B) $9.83 per remote control
C) $327.50 per remote control
D) $24.00 per remote control

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