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Exhibit 3-2
Dublin Pie Company Sells Cherry Pies and Apple

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Exhibit 3-2
Dublin Pie Company sells cherry pies and apple pies in bulk online.Estimated overhead costs for 2016 total $600,000.The accountant for Dublin identified the following information for its activity-based costing system.
 Activity  Allocation Base  Proportion of Total Overhead Cost  Purchasing  Number of purchase orders 25% Processing  Number of units 60% Sales  Number of sales orders 15%\begin{array}{llc}\text { Activity } & \text { Allocation Base } & \text { Proportion of Total Overhead Cost } \\\hline \text { Purchasing } & \text { Number of purchase orders } & 25 \% \\\text { Processing } & \text { Number of units } & 60 \% \\\text { Sales } & \text { Number of sales orders } & 15 \%\end{array}
The estimated activity level for each type of pie and in total is as follows:
 Cherry Pies  Apple Pies  Total  Number of purchase orders 10,00015,00025,000 Number of units 30,00070,000100,000 Number of sales orders 1,0004,0005,000\begin{array}{lrrr}&\text { Cherry Pies } & \text { Apple Pies } & \text { Total }\\\text { Number of purchase orders } & 10,000 & 15,000 & 25,000 \\\text { Number of units } & 30,000 & 70,000 & 100,000 \\\text { Number of sales orders } & 1,000 & 4,000 & 5,000\end{array}

-Refer to Exhibit 3-2.What is the total overhead allocated to the purchasing activity associated with Apple Pies?


A) $90,000
B) $24,000
C) $58,500
D) $32,000
E) None of the answer choices is correct.

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